environment
A new paper explores how noise from human activities pollutes the oceans, and what we can do to fix it.
Some mysteries take generations to unfold.
Researchers devise a record-breaking laser transmission that avoids atmospheric interference.
Darwin was right again—sort of.
Can biomaterials help finally thrust perovskite solar cells to mainstream adoption?
In a joint briefing at the 101st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, NASA and NOAA revealed 2020’s scorching climate data.
This small-scale study may have uncovered a new link between the peripheral nerve system and autism.
Scientists find a new species of flower in a remote part of Hawaii.
At the height of the first wave, many people took heart from the drop in air pollution resulting from global lockdowns.
More evidence that we’re drowning in microplastic particles.
Researchers from Harvard receive permission for a test that may help cool Earth and fight global warming.
Agriculture is responsible for a quarter of greenhouse emissions, but who pays for these environmental costs?
Fractal patterns are noticed by people of all ages, even small children, and have significant calming effects.
Humans churn out about 30 gigatons (30,000,000,000 tons) of material every year.
The biggest risk comes from doing nothing at all.
“Our mission is to completely replace the use of animals as a food technology by 2035,” said Patrick O. Brown at the 2020 Web Summit.
Can passenger airships make a triumphantly ‘green’ comeback?
One of the world’s most isolated island groups has just been made one of the world’s largest ocean reserves.
Across the world, wildlife is under severe threat.
How many hurdles stand in the way of hyperloops becoming a commercial reality?
The researchers say their findings support the idea that low biodiversity in modern living environments could lead to “uneducated” immune systems.
Turns out gender assumptions have been going on for quite some time.
Unfortunately, “less is better” is not a catchy marketing slogan.
But most city dwellers weren’t seeing the science — they were seeing something out of Blade Runner.
India finishes last of 60 countries in environment and sustainability, as ranked by the expats who work there.
Your health and the health of the planet are not indistinguishable.
Perhaps downhill and cross-country skiers don’t face the fate of potters, typesetters and saddlers, but their situation is certainly unclear.
Although everyone knows that coal-based energy is a thing of the past, declarations about nuclear power plants somehow do not want to enter into force.
“Interacting” with nature through virtual reality applications had especially strong benefits, according to the study.
We’re in an era of ‘megafires’.