One World – One Environment – One Network
A new study suggests fewer resources are depleting than previously estimated, but the authors urge caution in unsustainable extraction levels. Groundwater, the world’s largest distributed store of freshwater, plays a critical role in supplying...
As world temperatures rise, the rate at which plants in certain regions can absorb carbon dioxide is declining, according to University of Queensland research. Over a three year period, the researchers took direct measurements...
Some of the biggest names in mobile gaming, with a combined active user base of 250 million players, are rallying to protect the planet. Their activations will be integrated into live games such as...
The European Investment Bank is providing €95 million to Barcelona to promote urban regeneration through investments in urban design, social infrastructure and energy efficiency. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced that it will...
Small trees that grow up in drought conditions could form the basis of more drought-resistant rainforests, says new research. Severe and long-lasting droughts are becoming more common in the Amazon, often killing large trees that...
Researchers have developed a simple logger for greenhouse gas flows. It is built using inexpensive and easily available parts, and could help map local methane emissions properly. Methane, CH4, is one of the most...
Scientists have demonstrated a direct relationship between climate warming and carbon loss in a peatland ecosystem. Their study provides a glimpse of potential futures where significant stores of carbon in peat bogs could be...
International trade can compensate for regional food shortages and reduce hunger, particularly when protectionist measures and other barriers to trade are eliminated. In a new study, researchers from KU Leuven, the International Institute of...
The homes of wealthy Americans generate about 25% more greenhouse gases than residences in lower-income neighborhoods, says the University of Michigan. In the nation’s most affluent suburbs, those emissions can be as much as...
The dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic share “striking similarities” with the twin environmental crises of global heating and species extinction, argue a team of scientists and policy experts from the UK and US. They...
Temperatures in Britain could exceed 40 degrees Celsius every three or four years by 2100 if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, according to the Meteorological Office. The new modelling study by Britain’s Meteorological Office...
As temperatures rise this summer, a new study finds that thousands of U.S. deaths may be attributable to heat each year – far more than the 600 deaths previously estimated by the Centers for...
The Mediterranean region will be significantly drier in coming decades, potentially seeing 40 percent less precipitation during the winter rainy season, say researchers. A new analysis could help refine the models and add certainty...
Two thirds of the world’s energy is consumed in cities. Because bioenergy has several limitations, innovation is needed to help cities decarbonise their heating systems, says the Mayor of Helsinki – a city that...
Climate change increases exposure to cancer risk factors and impacts access to cancer care, warns the American Cancer Society. Risk factors include an increase in extreme weather events and dietary patterns. Climate change...
The first ever large-scale map of microscopic algae on the surface of snow along the Antarctic Peninsula coast has been published. Results indicate that this so-called green snow is likely to spread as global...
Los Angeles’ ambitious plan to cool the city as the planet grows warmer is getting a boost from a street-smart robot named MaRTy, which can measure surface and air temperature, wind speed and humidity....
Finding secondary uses for food waste could reduce the overall impact of climate change. One benefit would be from burning such food waste instead of fossil fuels. Food waste and climate change are perhaps...
A new study has analyzed the greenhouse gas emissions, water use and land use of food systems in the United States and India. Its findings help identify which urban policies can support environmental mitigation....
Tropical forests play a special role in the protection against climate change, meaning it is important to predict how they may change over decades and centuries. Researchers have now achieved just these predictions. Tropical...
