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Emperor Penguin chicks in Antarctica

Researchers study penguin poop’s impact on climate

Highly sensitive, online observations of gaseous ammonia from a coastal site in Antarctica.

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Storms below hurricane strength significantly increase infant mortality in poorer countries

The risk of death was highest during the first year of life after a damaging tropical cyclone.

Midsection of man harvesting crops on agricultural field

Study challenges assumptions about climate-friendly farming and crop yields

Cover crops may not be solution for both crop yield, carbon sequestration.

CO2 reducing icon on wooden block cube

A scalable method to produce porous graphene membranes for separating CO2

The breakthrough could significantly reduce the cost and footprint of carbon capture technology.

Plastic water bottles pollution in ocean

Non-toxic water-repellent breakthrough to replace synthetic chemicals

The unique ‘bulky’ attribute of fluorine can actually be replicated in a different, non-toxic form.

Smoke emitting from factory against clear sky

Air pollution and extreme heat substantially raise the risk of death in India

These results highlight a concerning synergy between heat and air pollution.

Meghan Blumstein studied red oak genotypes across New England, concentrating on trees that were within reach in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She then collaborated with people doing research at the Harvard Forest, a research forest in rural central Massachusetts. Credits: Courtesy of the researchers

Urban heat islands are a poor proxy for global warming

Urban trees mislead climate models: why genetics matter more than temperature

Plastic and plastic bag

A simple method to break down plastic using air moisture

Plastic recycling gets a breath of fresh air.

Shore covered in the grass

Global sea level rise accelerates in 2024

Last year’s increase was due to an unusual amount of ocean warming

Scientists call for efforts to protect habitats of critically endangered shark species

Climate change threatens rare Whitefin Swellshark with habitat loss

Critical action is needed to save endangered shark habitats

World’s critical food crops in danger due to rising temperatures

A more precise picture of exactly where and how warming will affect our ability to grow food.

Majestic Iceberg Rising Above Ocean Waters in a Mysterious Arctic Seascape Scene

The next ice age might start in about 10,000 years

Scientists match Earth’s ice age cycles with orbital shifts.

Example photo of a humpback whale fluke from which identification of individuals is enabled through distinction of fluke shape and coloration.

Eavesdropping on whale songs reveals ecosystem changes

Variation in detected whale songs is linked with shifting food sources.

Climate Change Global Warming Earth

A Breathless future: Supercomputer predicts when Earth will lose oxygen

Extreme heat likely to wipe out humans and mammals in the distant future.

How do microbes help detoxify our atmosphere?

A fantastic example of microbial ‘ingenuity’.

Group of llamas

Animal poop helps ecosystems adapt to climate change, study

The activity of this animal could accelerate the time plants.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden

The world’s living collections have collectively reached peak capacity

Safeguarding the world’s most threatened plants from extinction.

young activists taking action

Understanding the anti-climate movement: A new study

Counter-climate groups form in response to stricter environmental policies and institutions.

soil contamination

Cleaning contaminated soil using proteins

In 2020, Lausanne's soil was contaminated with dioxins from manufacturing processes. Cleaning is expensive and time-consuming, leaving officials unsure whether to proceed. EPFL scientists are...

Blue puddles of water were visible atop

Meltwater remained visible atop Antarctica’s Amery ice shelf

Spanning from the Antarctic Peninsula in the west to the Amery Ice Shelf in the east.

Lake Mendota reeds

Some bacteria evolve like clockwork with the seasons

The longest natural metagenome time series ever collected, with microbes, reveals a startling evolutionary pattern on repeat.

International agricultural trade has caused 90 percent biodiversity loss

Biodiversity loss due to agricultural trade three times higher than previously thought.

Server Room

Air pollution from AI costs $20 billion and 1,300 deaths a year

UC Riverside and Caltech study reveals AI’s toxic air pollution footprint and toll on people’s health.

Researchers identified an unforeseen trade-off for fisheries as nutrient inputs are reduced to improve water quality – in particular, a lower harvest of the popular yellow perch species as dead zones were diminished.

Cleaner water may pose risk to some Lake Erie fish species

Unforeseen water quality–fisheries tradeoffs are reduced to improve water quality.

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