Environmental Science News
July 16, 2025
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July 16, 2025 — Twenty-five years after first warning that oil spills would wane while invasive species and climate impacts would surge, an international team revisits its coastal forecasts and finds many bull's-eyes, alongside surprising misses. Plastic pollution, ...
July 10, 2025 — Climate change is silently sapping the nutrients from our food. A pioneering study finds that rising CO2 and higher temperatures are not only reshaping how crops grow but are also degrading their nutritional value especially in vital leafy greens ...
July 10, 2025 — A laser-equipped research platform has, for the first time, photographed airflow just millimeters above ocean waves, revealing two simultaneous wind–wave energy-transfer tricks—slow short waves steal power from the breeze, while long giants ...
July 10, 2025 — People can intuitively sense how biodiverse a forest is just by looking at photos or listening to sounds, and their gut feelings surprisingly line up with what scientists ...
July 8, 2025 — As glaciers melt around the world, long-dormant volcanoes may be waking up beneath the ice. New research reveals that massive ice sheets have suppressed eruptions for thousands of years, building up underground pressure. But as that icy weight ...
July 8, 2025 — High heat and heavy metals dampen a bumblebee’s trademark buzz, threatening pollen release and colony chatter. Tiny sensors captured up-to-400-hertz tremors that falter under environmental stress, raising alarms for ecosystems and sparking ideas ...
July 7, 2025 — Feral honey bees, once celebrated for their agricultural value, are now threatening native ecosystems in Southern California by monopolizing pollen sources and overwhelming native pollinators. A new study reveals they remove up to 80% of pollen in a ...
July 6, 2025 — Immersing stressed volunteers in a 360° virtual Douglas-fir forest complete with sights, sounds and scents boosted their mood, sharpened short-term memory and deepened their feeling of nature-connectedness—especially when all three senses were ...
July 6, 2025 — DEHP, a chemical used in plastics, may have contributed to over 356,000 heart-related deaths globally in 2018—most heavily in Asia and the Middle East. The chemical, linked to inflammation in arteries, is found in items like food packaging and ...
July 4, 2025 — Forests aren’t keeping up with today’s climate chaos. While temperatures soar within decades, tree populations take 100 to 200 years to shift in response. A sweeping new analysis of ancient pollen and modern data reveals this dramatic lag—and ...
July 3, 2025 — Tropical trees are dying faster than ever, and it's not just heat or drought to blame. Scientists have uncovered a surprising culprit: ordinary thunderstorms. These quick, fierce storms, powered by climate change, are toppling trees with intense ...
July 3, 2025 — Breathing polluted air—even at levels considered “safe”—may quietly damage your heart. A new study using advanced MRI scans found that people exposed to more air pollution showed early signs ...
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July 3, 2025 — When Siberian volcanoes kicked off the Great Dying, the real climate villain turned out to be the rainforests themselves: once they collapsed, ...
June 30, 2025 — Smoke from wildfires and structural fires doesn t just irritate lungs it actually changes your immune system. Harvard scientists found that even healthy people exposed to smoke showed signs of immune ...
June 30, 2025 — Wildfires are becoming more intense and dangerous, but a new Stanford-led study offers hope: prescribed burns—intentionally set, controlled ...
June 28, 2025 — Parts of New Orleans are sinking at alarming rates — including some of the very floodwalls built to protect it. A new satellite-based study finds that some areas are losing nearly two inches of ...
June 27, 2025 — At current emission rates, we re just over three years away from blowing through the remaining carbon budget to limit warming to 1.5 C. This new international study paints a stark picture: the pace ...
June 27, 2025 — At Flinders University, scientists have cracked a cleaner and greener way to extract gold—not just from ore, but also from our mounting piles of ...
June 26, 2025 — South Australia’s tiny pygmy bluetongue skink is baking in a warming, drying homeland, so Flinders University scientists have tried a bold ...
June 24, 2025 — Wildfires don’t just leave behind scorched earth—they leave a toxic legacy in Western rivers that can linger for nearly a decade. A sweeping new study analyzed over 100,000 water samples from ...
June 24, 2025 — Over 300 million years ago, Earth experienced powerful bursts of carbon dioxide from natural sources—like massive volcanic eruptions—that ...
June 23, 2025 — Ancient coral fossils from the remote Seychelles islands have unveiled a dramatic warning for our future—sea levels can rise in sudden, sharp bursts even when global temperatures stay ...
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June 20, 2025 — A century-old mystery of a stubborn cold patch in the North Atlantic is finally being unraveled. A new study links this anomaly to a long-term weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning ...
June 20, 2025 — Researchers at Colorado State University have developed a new photoredox catalysis system that uses visible light mimicking photosynthesis to drive energy-intensive chemical reactions at room ...
June 20, 2025 — Arctic peatlands are expanding with rising temperatures, storing more carbon at least for now. But future warming could reverse this benefit, releasing massive ...
June 19, 2025 — During Earth's ancient Snowball periods, when the entire planet was wrapped in ice, life may have endured in tiny meltwater ponds on the surface of equatorial glaciers. MIT researchers ...
June 19, 2025 — AI researchers in Switzerland have found a way to dramatically cut cement s carbon footprint by redesigning its recipe. Their system simulates thousands of ingredient combinations, pinpointing those ...
June 20, 2025 — Beneath the forest floor lies an overlooked secret: many plants grow a second set of roots far deeper than expected sometimes over three feet down tapping into hidden nutrient stores and potentially ...
June 14, 2025 — Ten thousand years after mastodons disappeared, scientists have unearthed powerful fossil evidence proving these elephant cousins were vital seed spreaders for large-fruited trees in South America. ...
June 14, 2025 — A pioneering study reveals how archaeologists' satellite tools can be repurposed to tackle climate change. By using AI and satellite LiDAR imagery from NASA and ESA, researchers have found a ...
June 22, 2025 — A Rice University team discovered that bubbling CO₂ through a mild acid dramatically improves the lifespan and efficiency of electrochemical devices that convert CO₂ into useful fuels. This ...
June 20, 2025 — Researchers in South Korea have developed a powerful and affordable new material for producing hydrogen, a clean energy source key to fighting climate change. By fine-tuning boron-doping and ...
June 14, 2025 — Atmospheric rivers, while vital for replenishing water on the U.S. West Coast, are also the leading cause of floods though storm size alone doesn t dictate their danger. A groundbreaking study ...
June 13, 2025 — Despite falling global mercury emissions, mercury levels in Arctic wildlife continue to rise. A new study reveals that ocean currents are delivering legacy mercury pollution from distant regions like ...
June 12, 2025 — Mercury contamination is surfacing as a serious concern in parts of Georgia and South Carolina, particularly in regions like the Okefenokee Swamp. University of Georgia researchers found alarmingly ...
June 10, 2025 — Some volcanoes erupt with little to no warning, posing serious risks to nearby communities and air traffic. A study of Alaska's Veniaminof volcano reveals how specific internal conditions like ...
June 15, 2025 — Underground fungi may be one of Earth s most powerful and overlooked allies in the fight against climate change, yet most of them remain unknown to science. Known only by DNA, these "dark ...
June 17, 2025 — In a surprising twist during an air quality study in Oklahoma, researchers detected MCCPs an industrial pollutant never before measured in the Western Hemisphere's atmosphere. The team suspects ...
June 8, 2025 — Beneath Earth s surface, nearly 3,000 kilometers down, lies a mysterious layer where seismic waves speed up inexplicably. For decades, scientists puzzled over this D' layer. Now, groundbreaking ...
June 10, 2025 — What if all life on Earth followed a surprisingly simple pattern? New research shows that in every region, species tend to cluster in small hotspots and then gradually thin out. This universal rule ...
June 3, 2025 — UC Davis researchers found that video telehealth visits help cat owners better care for arthritic cats without the stress of clinic visits. Owners appreciated personalized tips to improve their cat s ...
June 3, 2025 — Australia can reach net-zero emissions and still protect its natural treasures but only if everyone works together. New research from Princeton and The University of Queensland shows that the country ...
Friday, June 20, 2025
- The Atlantic's Chilling Secret: A Century of Data Reveals Ocean Current Collapse
- Photon-Powered Alchemy: How Light Is Rewriting Fossil Fuel Chemistry
- Hidden Carbon Giants: Satellite Data Reveals a 40-Year Arctic Peatland Surge
Thursday, June 19, 2025
- How Life Endured the Snowball Earth: Evidence from Antarctic Meltwater Ponds
- The AI That Writes Climate-Friendly Cement Recipes in Seconds
Friday, June 20, 2025
Saturday, June 14, 2025
- Fruit-Eating Mastodons? Ancient Fossils Confirm a Long-Lost Ecological Alliance
- Space-Laser AI Maps Forest Carbon in Minutes—a Game-Changer for Climate Science
Sunday, June 22, 2025
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Tuesday, June 3, 2025
- Telehealth Can Improve Care for Cats With Chronic Health Issues
- Collaboration Can Unlock Australia's Energy Transition Without Sacrificing Natural Capital
- Scientists Say Next Few Years Vital to Securing the Future of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
- DNA Floating in the Air Tracks Wildlife, Viruses -- Even Drugs
Monday, June 2, 2025
- Researchers Develop Recyclable, Healable Electronics
- Geological Time Capsule Highlights Great Barrier Reef's Resilience
- Still on the Right Track? Researchers Enable Reliable Monitoring of the Paris Climate Goals
- Coastal Flooding More Frequent Than Previously Thought
- Researchers Use Deep Learning to Predict Flooding This Hurricane Season
- Human-Caused Dust Events Are Linked to Fallow Farmland
- Research Shows How Solar Arrays Can Aid Grasslands During Drought
- Air-Quality Monitoring Underestimates Toxic Emissions to Salton Sea Communities, Study Finds
Friday, May 30, 2025
- Scientists Find a New Way to Help Plants Fight Diseases
- Single-Atom Catalysts Change Spin State When Boosted by a Magnetic Field
- Rising Soil Nitrous Acid Emissions, Driven by Climate Change and Fertilization, Accelerate Global Ozone Pollution
- The EU Should Allow Gene Editing to Make Organic Farming More Sustainable, Researchers Say
- Predicting Underwater Landslides Before They Strike
Thursday, May 29, 2025
- Save Twice the Ice by Limiting Global Warming
- Anthropologists Spotlight Human Toll of Glacier Loss
- 2021's Hurricane Ida Could Have Been Even Worse for NYC
- Rock Record Illuminates Oxygen History
- An Iron Oxide 'oxygen Sponge' For Efficient Thermochemical Hydrogen Production
- 'Future-Proofing' Crops Will Require Urgent, Consistent Effort
- Atlantic Ocean Current Unlikely to Collapse With Climate Change
- Living Libraries Could Save Our Food
- EV Battery Recycling Key to Future Lithium Supplies
- Does Planting Trees Really Help Cool the Planet?
- Waste to Foundation: Transforming Construction Waste Into High-Performance Material
- Portable Sensor Enables Community Lead Detection in Tap Water
- Cotton Virus Circulated Undetected for Nearly 20 Years, Study Finds
- When Climate Disasters Hit, They Often Leave Long-Term Health Care Access Shortages
- A Cheap and Easy Potential Solution for Lowering Carbon Emissions in Maritime Shipping
- Does Outdoor Air Pollution Affect Indoor Air Quality? It Could Depend on Buildings' HVAC
- Agriculture in Forests Can Provide Climate and Economic Dividends
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
- Huge Sea-Urchin Populations Are Overwhelming Hawaii's Coral Reefs
- Synthetic Molecular Rings Re-Create Energy Flow Found in Plants
- New Velvet Worm Species a First for the Arid Karoo
- Coastal Alaska Wolves Exposed to High Mercury Concentrations from Eating Sea Otters
- When the Forest Is No Longer a Home -- Forest Bats Seek Refuge in Settlements
- Involving Communities in Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Challenges Leads to Greater Innovation, Study Shows
- Even Birds Can't Outfly Climate Change
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
- New Study Analyzes Air Quality Impacts of Wildfire Smoke
- Cryogenic Hydrogen Storage and Delivery System for Next-Generation Aircraft
- Just Add Iron: Researchers Develop a Clever Way to Remove Forever Chemicals from Water
- Rapid Simulations of Toxic Particles Could Aid Air Pollution Fight
- Cryo-Em Freezes the Funk: How Scientists Visualized a Pungent Protein
- Home Water-Use App Improves Water Conservation
- The Ocean Seems to Be Getting Darker
- Oldest Whale Bone Tools Discovered
Friday, May 23, 2025
- El Niño and La Niña Climate Swings Threaten Mangroves Worldwide
- When the Sea Moves Inland: A Global Climate Wake-Up Call from Bangladesh's Delta
- Managing Surrogate Species, Providing a Conservation Umbrella for More Species
Thursday, May 22, 2025
- New Study Reveals How Competition Between Algae Is Transforming the Gulf of Maine
- A New Approach Could Fractionate Crude Oil Using Much Less Energy
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Thursday, May 22, 2025
- How Property Owners Can Work to Prevent Flooding
- Breakthrough AI Model Could Transform How We Prepare for Natural Disasters
- Climate Change May Make It Harder to Reduce Smog in Some Regions
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
- Personal Space Chemistry Suppressed by Perfume and Body Lotion Indoors
- Something's Fishy Here
- Enormous Boulder Washed Inland a Sign of Pacific Tsunami History
- Yeast Reveals How Species Adapt to a Warmer Climate
- Scientists Invent Breakthrough Device to Detect Airborne Signs of Disease
- Wind-Related Hurricane Losses for Homeowners in the Southeastern U.S. Could Be Nearly 76 Percent Higher by 2060
- Songbirds' Great Risk Results in Great Genetic Reward
- Fool's Gold: A Hidden Climate Stabilizer
- Extreme Weather Cycles Change Underwater Light at Lake Tahoe
- Southeast Asia Could Prevent Up to 36,000 Ozone-Related Early Deaths a Year by 2050 With Stricter Air Pollution Controls
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
- Landmark Report Reveals Key Challenges Facing Adolescents
- How to Solve a Bottleneck for CO2 Capture and Conversion
- Does Renewable Energy Reduce Fossil Fuel Production in the US?
- Coastal Squeeze Is Bad for Biodiversity, and for Us, Experts Say
- Scientific Breakthrough Brings CO2 'breathing' Batteries Closer to Reality
- Forest Management Can Influence Health Benefits
- Household Action Can Play Major Role in Climate Change Fight
- Agrivoltaics Enjoys Comparatively High Acceptance
- Thousands of Animal Species Threatened by Climate Change
- Research Team Traces Evolutionary History of Bacterial Circadian Clock on Ancient Earth
- Clouding the Forecast: Study Reveals Why So Many Climate Models Are Wrong About the Rate of Arctic Warming