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A new way to produce electricity.
Where there's movement, there's energy. There's enough 'blue energy' to power thousands of American homes.
Oil spills strike again.
They didn't seem to care about anything other than cooling down.
If this is true, it's very good news.
Happy world overshoot day!
"This [study] shows that more research is needed into the efficiency of different water treatment methods for antibiotic removal, as none of the treatments currently used were designed to incorporate this," says lead author Dr. Lena Ciric.
Almost two-thirds (61%) of respondents said the Conservative Government led by Johnson is not doing enough to prioritize climate actions.
Climate experts at the UK’s Met Office said there’s “no doubt” climate change is playing a role in the heatwave, assuring it’s making summer heatwaves five times more likely and significantly more intense.
The American Southwest was left bone-dry between the 9th and 15th centuries by about a dozen megadroughts; they could be coming back.
What a great initiative!
Sharks are in great peril, and it's because of us.
"It just blows me away that regardless of how evolutionarily-different skin structures in animals are, they still use the same collection of genes during development."
It's a remarkable communication and adaptation mechanism.
It's a stern reminder that we are changing the face of the planet.
Yet another consequence of global warming rears its ugly head.
Please don't litter cigarette butts!
It's adorable and quite harmless.
Are you using water sustainably?
Money always talks -- and it's talking renewable.
Since the 1970s, California wildfires have increased in size eight-fold, with the annual burned area growing by nearly 500%.
They track the CO2 you breathe out.
Italy's capital is overflowing with trash and local authorities seem completely overwhelmed.
California takes another step in the right direction.
Get used to monthly "hottest month" updates.
This year, Scotland generated enough wind energy to power nearly twice as many homes as there currently are in the country.
Habitat destruction and urbanization certainly played a role, but malaria might have dealt the final blow.
A lot of hot days loom over the US.
"As humans, we know we need to strive to maintain a healthy weight, but for cats, there has not been a clear definition of what that is. We simply didn't have the data," the authors say.
Since 2015, Iceland has planted around 1,000 hectares of forest (between three and four million trees).
China's pollution is ironically hurting its renewable energy technology.
The need for more ambition on climate action was once more highlighted following a new report on China’s greenhouse gas emissions. The country’s emissions reached 12.3 billion tons in 2014 – a 53.5% increase in just a decade. The figures were part of a report filed to the United Nations by China, as part […]
Still a long way to go, but it's an important step in the right direction.
How hot will your area be in 2050?
"In the future, we might also adapt dietary regimens for insect rearing in order to increase their antioxidant content for animal or human consumption," say the authors.
Everything is connected in nature -- and negative effects cascade.
A laudable initiative from Sweden.
"We are incredibly excited about this first discovery on the road to realizing the goals of the Harnessing Plants Initiative," the authors say.
The bird's hyper-elongated third toe is longer than its whole lower leg, the authors report.
Veggie burgers -- yay or nay?
Everybody seems to be running from the heat this summer.
The record-breaking belt of brown algae stretches from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico.
A new study shows that there's still plenty of room for almost a billion hectares of forest.
Currently, sea levels are 20 cm (almost 8 inches) above pre-industrial levels.
The permafrost is like a graveyard. Some of that graveyard is waking up.
The all-too-familiar story about the rainforest versus economic development.
This includes the Spix’s Macaw, the lovely birds which inspired the main characters in Rio.
Contrail cirrus clouds have warmed the atmosphere more than all the carbon dioxide from planes since the dawn of aviation and will do so even more in the future.
Between three and six such species have existed in the past.
With only two females surviving in captivity, the species is functionally extinct.
