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Climate projections could be off by five years, MIT researchers find, an error bar that might be critical to staying within 1.5 degrees of global warming. The ocean’s “biological pump” describes the many marine processes...
Worldwide, eight million tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean every year, despite greater awareness of recycling and the use of disposable plastic. A Norwegian app will soon be able to identify where the...
A new study highlights the major importance of nutrient inputs to coastal oceans from groundwater. Such nutrients can play a critical role in the function and vulnerability of coastal ecosystems worldwide. Nutrient budgets in...
MIT engineers have succeeded in making filters from tree branches to purify drinking water. Prototypes tested in India show promise as a low-cost, natural filtration option. The interiors of nonflowering trees such as pine...
Land-based fish farming offers many benefits to both the fish and the environment. In traditional offshore farms, the fish are vulnerable to sea lice infestation and infectious diseases. Modern land-based aquaculture systems are able...
As atmospheric concentrations of CFC-11 drop, the global ocean should become a source of the chemical by the middle of next century, a new MIT study predicts. The world’s oceans are a vast repository...
A new study by scientists from Ireland, Britain and Germany finds that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), also known as the Gulf Stream System, has never been as weak in the last millennium...
Oxygen levels in the ancient oceans were surprisingly resilient to climate change, new research suggests. Scientists from ETH Zurich, the University of Exeter and Royal Holloway, University of London, used geological samples to estimate ocean oxygen during...
Diverse ecosystems are threatened by the over 1 million barriers that cross Europe’s rivers, warns new research. The barriers take the shape of dams, fords and bridges. More than 1.2 million barriers criss-cross Europe’s...
It is well-known that discarded plastic can break down into microplastics and cause harm to humans and the environment. Now, scientists have improved the method to estimate just how risky hazardous micropollutants from plastic...
The guidelines for groundwater management do not take into account sustainable sources. Big data is promising to change this in California. A McGill University-led research team has analyzed big data of more than 200,000...
Real estate data platforms can provide water-saving insights for city housing and infrastructure planning, drought management and sustainability. A study by Stanford University using data from Zillow is already informing better water use. A...
The Middle East is one of the most water scarce regions in the world. Researchers have now found that a 20% reduction in water supply and changes in crop yields induced by climate change...
Floating gardens don’t just look idyllic. They can also have a measurable, positive impact on water quality, as a new study has demonstrated. Floating gardens are essentially rafts built on a frame of plastic...
New research indicates that glitter could be causing ecological damage to our rivers and lakes. What’s more, biodegradable alternatives are no better for the environment, says the study. The new research from Anglia Ruskin...
Researchers have significantly boosted the output from a system that can extract drinkable water directly from the air even in dry regions, using heat from the sun or another source. The system brings the...
There is an estimated 14 million tonnes of plastic littering the world’s sea floor, according to Australia’s national science agency. The litter is 25 times higher than previously estimated. The agency called their findings...
Water-saving toilets in the UK are wasting around 400 million litres every day. Up to 8% of dual flush toilets, which are designed to save water, could in fact be leaking. About 400 million...
Fracking chemicals could cause infertility, cancer, and birth defects. A new app is helping expose these chemicals in drinking water. Exposure to hydraulic fracturing fluid in drinking water has been shown to increase the...
Freshwater is vital to human survival. York University researchers have now created a public water quality database for some 12,000 freshwater lakes globally – almost half of the world’s freshwater supply – that will...
