Environmental Science News
October 11, 2025
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Oct. 10, 2025 Coccolithophores, tiny planktonic architects of Earth’s climate, capture carbon, produce oxygen, and leave behind geological records that chronicle our planet’s history. European scientists are uniting to honor them with International ...
Oct. 9, 2025 Tree swallows in polluted U.S. regions are accumulating high levels of “forever chemicals.” These durable pollutants, used in firefighting foams and consumer products, are found everywhere from soil to human blood. Surprisingly, researchers ...
Oct. 8, 2025 The Amazon has suffered its most destructive fire season in more than two decades, releasing a staggering 791 million tons of carbon dioxide—on par with Germany’s annual emissions. Scientists found that for the first time, fire-driven ...
Oct. 7, 2025 Marine heatwaves can jam the ocean’s natural carbon conveyor belt, preventing carbon from reaching the deep sea. Researchers studying two major heatwaves in the Gulf of Alaska found that plankton shifts caused carbon to build up near the surface ...
Oct. 7, 2025 Solar energy is now the cheapest source of power worldwide, driving a massive shift toward renewables. Falling battery prices and innovations in solar materials are making clean energy more reliable than ever. Yet, grid congestion and integration ...
Oct. 5, 2025 New research reveals that deep-sea mining could dramatically threaten 30 species of sharks, rays, and ghost sharks whose habitats overlap with proposed mining zones. Many of these species, already at risk of extinction, could face increased dangers ...
Oct. 3, 2025 Billions of years ago, Earth’s atmosphere was hostile, with barely any oxygen and toxic conditions for life. Researchers from the Earth-Life Science Institute studied Japan’s iron-rich hot springs, which mimic the ancient oceans, to uncover how ...
Oct. 2, 2025 In 2020, California’s Creek Fire became so intense that it generated its own thunderstorm, a phenomenon called a pyrocumulonimbus cloud. For years, scientists struggled to replicate these explosive fire-born storms in climate models, leaving major ...
Oct. 2, 2025 Swiss glaciers lost nearly 3% of their volume in 2025, following a snow-poor winter and scorching summer heatwaves. The melt has been so extreme that some glaciers lost more than two meters of ice thickness in a single season. Scientists caution ...
Oct. 1, 2025 Fungi may have shaped Earth’s landscapes long before plants appeared. By combining rare gene transfers with fossil evidence, researchers have traced fungal origins back nearly a billion years earlier than expected. These ancient fungi may have ...
Sep. 26, 2025 Scientists have uncovered an unexpected witness to Earth’s distant past: tiny iron oxide stones called ooids. These mineral snowballs lock away traces of ancient carbon, revealing that oceans between 1,000 and 541 million years ago held far less ...
Sep. 26, 2025 Scientists found that biochar doesn’t just capture pollutants, it actively destroys them using direct electron transfer. This newly recognized ability accounts for up to 40% of its cleaning power and remains effective through repeated use. The ...
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Sep. 26, 2025 Bio-tar, once seen as a toxic waste, can be transformed into bio-carbon with applications in clean energy and environmental protection. This innovation could reduce emissions, create profits, and ...
Sep. 26, 2025 Electrons flow underground in ways far more extensive than once believed, forming networks that link distant chemical zones. Minerals, organic ...
Sep. 24, 2025 Rice, a staple for billions, is one of the most resource-hungry crops on the planet—but scientists may have found a way to change that. By applying nanoscale selenium directly to rice plants, ...
Sep. 22, 2025 A team at RMIT University has created a cement-free construction material using only cardboard, soil, and water. Strong enough for low-rise buildings, it reduces emissions, costs, and waste compared ...
Sep. 21, 2025 University of Maine researchers developed a new process to make HBL, a key ingredient in many medicines, from renewable glucose instead of petroleum. The approach not only lowers drug production ...
Sep. 20, 2025 Insects are essential for ecosystems, but mounting evidence suggests many populations are collapsing under modern pressures. A new study used cutting-edge genomic techniques on museum specimens to ...
Sep. 19, 2025 Wildfires are no longer a seasonal nuisance but a deadly, nationwide health crisis. Fueled by climate change, smoke is spreading farther and lingering longer, with new research warning of tens of ...
Sep. 18, 2025 America already mines all the critical minerals it needs for energy, defense, and technology, but most are being wasted as mine tailings. Researchers discovered that minerals like cobalt, germanium, ...
Sep. 18, 2025 Warming Arctic permafrost is unlocking toxic metals, turning Alaska’s once-clear rivers into orange, acid-laced streams. The shift, eerily similar to mine pollution but entirely natural, threatens ...
Sep. 15, 2025 Volcanic eruptions on the remote island of Nishinoshima repeatedly wipe the land clean, giving scientists a rare chance to study life’s earliest ...
Earlier Headlines
Sep. 10, 2025 Barrels dumped off Southern California decades ago have been found leaking alkaline waste, not just DDT, leaving behind eerie white halos and transforming parts of the seafloor into toxic vents. The ...
Sep. 10, 2025 Researchers in Germany and Australia have created a simple but powerful tool to detect nanoplastics—tiny, invisible particles that can slip through skin and even the blood-brain barrier. Using an ...
Sep. 9, 2025 Tiny ocean microbes called Prochlorococcus, once thought to be climate survivors, may struggle as seas warm. These cyanobacteria drive 5% of Earth’s photosynthesis and underpin much of the marine ...
Sep. 9, 2025 New research has revealed that East Antarctica’s vast and icy interior is heating up faster than its coasts, fueled by warm air carried from the Southern Indian Ocean. Using 30 years of weather ...
Sep. 5, 2025 A team of chemists has discovered how to transform PET plastic waste into BAETA, a material that captures CO2 with remarkable efficiency. Instead of ending up as microplastics in the environment, ...
Sep. 5, 2025 Seagrass, a vital coastal ecosystem, may be one of the planet’s best natural carbon sponges—but its fate depends on how we manage nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus. While moderate nutrient ...
Sep. 4, 2025 New research reveals that carbon made it possible for Earth’s molten core to freeze into a solid heart, stabilizing the magnetic field that protects our planet. Without it, Earth’s deep interior ...
Sep. 3, 2025 Past climate assessments let big polluters delay action, placing more burden on smaller nations. A new method based on historical responsibility demands steep cuts from wealthy countries and more ...
Sep. 3, 2025 Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a groundbreaking nickel-based catalyst that could transform the way the world recycles plastic. Instead of requiring tedious sorting, the catalyst ...
Sep. 3, 2025 Snowfall shortages are now destabilizing some of the world’s last resilient glaciers, as shown by a new study in Tajikistan’s Pamir Mountains. Using a monitoring station on Kyzylsu Glacier, ...
Sep. 15, 2025 The booming space industry has filled the skies with rockets and satellites, but this rapid expansion comes with a hidden danger: slowing the recovery of the ozone layer. Rocket launches and burning ...
Sep. 7, 2025 Every year, Panama’s Pacific coast benefits from powerful seasonal winds that drive nutrient-rich waters to the surface, sustaining fisheries and protecting coral reefs. But in 2025, for the first ...
Sep. 1, 2025 A new study projects that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)—the system of currents that includes the Gulf Stream—could shut down after 2100 under high-emission scenarios. ...
Sep. 1, 2025 Sargassum has escaped the Sargasso Sea and exploded across the Atlantic, forming the massive Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt. Fueled by nutrient runoff, Amazon outflows, and climate events, these ...
Sep. 7, 2025 Cambridge scientists discovered that thin, weak zones in Earth’s plates helped spread Iceland’s mantle plume across the North Atlantic, explaining why volcanic activity once spanned thousands of ...
Aug. 26, 2025 A research team created a plant-inspired molecule that can store four charges using sunlight, a key step toward artificial photosynthesis. Unlike past attempts, it works with dimmer light, edging ...
Sep. 6, 2025 Satellite data reveals sea-level rise has unfolded almost exactly as predicted by 1990s climate models, with one key underestimation: melting ice sheets. Researchers stress the importance of refining ...
Aug. 31, 2025 A massive global study uncovered a striking paradox: even as total burned land has dropped by more than a quarter since 2002, human exposure to wildfires has skyrocketed. Africa accounts for a ...
Aug. 31, 2025 Stanford researchers reveal meandering rivers existed long before plants, overturning textbook geology. Their findings suggest carbon-rich floodplains shaped climate for billions of ...
Aug. 22, 2025 As the ozone layer recovers, it’s also intensifying global warming. Researchers predict that by 2050, ozone will rank just behind carbon dioxide as a driver of heating, offsetting many of the ...
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
- Scientists Finally Solve the Mystery of Ghostly Halos on the Ocean Floor
- The Invisible Plastic Threat You Can Finally See
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
- The Ocean’s Most Abundant Microbe Is Near Its Breaking Point
- Antarctica’s Frozen Heart Is Warming Fast, and Models Missed It
Friday, September 5, 2025
- Scientists Made Plastic That Eats Carbon
- Seagrass Found to Be a Powerful Carbon Sponge With a Surprising Weakness
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
- The Flawed Carbon Math That Lets Major Polluters Off the Hook
- A Simple Metal Could Solve the World’s Plastic Recycling Problem
- Central Asia’s Last Stable Glaciers Just Started to Collapse
Monday, September 15, 2025
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Monday, September 1, 2025
- Scientists Fear the Atlantic’s Great Ocean Conveyor Could Shut Down
- A Monster Seaweed Bloom Is Taking Over the Atlantic
Sunday, September 7, 2025
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Saturday, September 6, 2025
Sunday, August 31, 2025
- Scientists Uncover Wildfire Paradox That’s Putting 440 Million People in Danger
- Geologists Got It Wrong: Rivers Didn’t Need Plants to Meander
Friday, August 22, 2025
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Sunday, August 17, 2025
- Scientists Just Found a Hidden Factor Behind Earth’s Methane Surge
- The Surprising Way Rising CO2 Could Supercharge Space Storms
Saturday, August 16, 2025
- Mexican Cave Stalagmites Reveal the Deadly Droughts Behind the Maya Collapse
- The Ocean’s Fragile Fortresses Are Crumbling Under Climate Pressure
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
- Scientists Warn Ocean Could Soon Reach Rapa Nui’s Sacred Moai
- Scientists Turn Grapevine Waste Into Clear, Strong Films That Vanish in Days
Sunday, August 17, 2025
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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Sunday, July 27, 2025
- The Real-Life Kryptonite Found in Serbia—and Why It Could Power the Future
- Satellites Just Revealed a Hidden Global Water Crisis—and It’s Worse Than Melting Ice
- Is the Air You Breathe Silently Fueling Dementia? A 29-Million-Person Study Says Yes
Saturday, July 26, 2025
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Saturday, August 9, 2025
- Scientists Just Uncovered Three Ancient Worlds Frozen Beneath Illinois for 300 Million Years
- 332 Colossal Canyons Just Revealed Beneath Antarctica’s Ice
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Monday, July 21, 2025
- AI Uncovers 86,000 Hidden Earthquakes Beneath Yellowstone’s Surface
- This Genetic Breakthrough Could Help Thousands of Species Cheat Extinction
Saturday, July 19, 2025
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
- Frozen for 12,000 Years, This Alpine Ice Core Captures the Rise of Civilization
- Corals in Crisis: A Hidden Chemical Shift Is Reshaping Hawaiian Reefs
- 25 Years, 1 Coastline Report Card: The Shocking Wins and Misses
Thursday, July 10, 2025
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
- What Happens When Bees Can’t Buzz Right? Nature Starts Falling Apart
- Melting Glaciers Are Awakening Earth's Most Dangerous Volcanoes
Monday, July 7, 2025
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Friday, July 4, 2025
Thursday, July 3, 2025
- When Rainforests Died, the Planet Caught Fire: New Clues from Earth’s Greatest Extinction
- Rainforest Deaths Are Surging and Scientists Just Found the Shocking Cause
- Even Low Levels of Air Pollution May Quietly Scar Your Heart, MRI Study Finds
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Monday, June 30, 2025
- Fire Smoke Exposure Leaves Toxic Metals and Lasting Immune Changes
- Fighting Fire With Fire: How Prescribed Burns Reduce Wildfire Damage and Pollution
Friday, June 27, 2025
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
- Wildfires Threaten Water Quality for Up to Eight Years After They Burn
- Ancient Carbon ‘burps’ Caused Ocean Oxygen Crashes — and We’re Repeating the Mistake
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
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Monday, June 23, 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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- 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