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Recycling facilities in the US can't process most of the plastics
A team of researchers from the US and China has developed a passive, solar-powered desalinization system that could quench the thirst of remote, arid coastal areas on the cheap. The system employs several layers of solar evaporators and condensers stacked on top of each other in a vertical array, topped off with an insulating layer […]
Investors aren't considering the impact of weather in the economy.
Food production accounts for 30% of the global emissions -- but we rarely talk about it.
Bezos announced that the first grants will be awarded this summer.
Researchers create system of smart labels that tell you when the diaper is wet
The fossils could tell us more about the changes ancient wasps went through as they evolved into bees.
Higher temperatures are affecting groundwater in the US.
Jellyfish can sting swimmers and their prey with 'mucus grenades'
The climate crisis is showing its effects in Antarctica.
One-third of plant and animal species could be gone within five decades.
A car-sized turtle may have been the largest to have ever lived.
It's a berry important task for wolves.
Up to 20% of the Amazon is now a net source of CO2
The ray, named after a beloved character from the Pink Panther movies, may have a genetic mutation that makes its skin color pink.
It's something that few dared to believe in.
It is remarkable that more than a century before the world's highest peaks were scaled, humans were already affecting the atmosphere.
It's finally raining in Australia.
Climate chaos is driving the bumblebee populations to extinction, a new study concludes.
The heavier the load, the higher their energy efficiency.
T-shirt weather in the Antarctic.
Tree rings reveal how severe cold and political isolation brought disaster to Scotland, inspired a colonization effort in Panama, and helped drive union with England.
If you're horny and you know it clap your... flippers?
When the evidence becomes overwhelming... simply ignore it.
Global warming's evil twin is acting out, and it's starting to cause major issues.
Light pollution is really messing up their romantic life.
An exceptional episode of our current climate is unfolding in southern France, as the country prepares for summer-like temperatures.
The supercharged jellyfish swam up to three times faster than they normally would have.
Science could make culling obsolete -- saving billions of chick lives every year.
Climate change will force species to migrate in search of ideal living conditions, and a new paper estimates where they’ll go in order to inform conservation efforts. Each species has a set of conditions it likes to live in — a certain amount of light, a temperature that’s just right, certain habitats to act as […]
"This the first time modern technology has been used to explore the brain of this amazing animal."
The steel industry seeks to be greener. But there's a long way ahead
New research is allowing solar cells to work at night. Although it sounds like fantasy, Jeremy Munday, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California (UC) Davis says it’s completely possible. In fact, a new study by Munday and graduate student Tristan Deppe describes a specially-designed photovoltaic cell […]
Fossil footprints from the Karoo Basin of southern Africa could teach us more about how ecosystems respond to truly massive volcanic eruptions. The Karoo Basin is covered in extensive basaltic lava flows from the Early Jurassic. It’s believed that the intense volcanic activity recorded during that time had a powerful impact on global climate and […]
She's my spirit animal.
Don't "hurray". This isn't actually good news.
This could revolutionize the field of crop protection.
The Thwaites Glacier is 74.000 square miles and is vulnerable to climate change
It's buzzing with knowledge.
Ocean acidification is threatening the entire marine food chain.
When it rains, it pours.
It all depends on where we get the timber, though.
Antarctica's largest glacier is melting in new ways.
Adaptation strategies could still reduce the losses
Nanostructures on the butterfly's wings are especially designed to protect living tissue inside them. This could inspire engineers to design more efficient heat shields.
"We hope this research will empower urban planners and local decision-makers to prepare to accept populations displaced by sea-level rise."
One of the world's most unique mammals is heading for extinction.
Can you put a price on nature? Turns out, quantifying ecosystems is essential to modern-day policy.
Extreme weather has fueled a plague of millions of desert locust
It's a big problem, for sure, but we're big problem solvers.
