ENVIRONMENT

Logging ‘amplified’ severity of Black Summer bushfires

ENVIRONMENT
An analysis of the fire footprint of the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires has found logging elevated the risk of high-severity fires. A team of Australian...

Algae a winner in Elon Musk-funded greenhouse gas contest

ENVIRONMENT
From algae farming to producing a sort of artificial limestone, ideas for reducing greenhouse gas in the atmosphere are getting a funding boost from...

China axes 15 coal plants abroad after Xi pledge, but loopholes remain: study

ENVIRONMENT
More than a dozen Chinese coal power projects overseas were cancelled after a ban last year on funding such plants, but loopholes could allow...

Biden restores environmental safeguards dropped by Trump

ENVIRONMENT
The administration of President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced it would restore safeguards in a cornerstone environmental law weakened under Donald Trump—including a duty...

Connecting health, pollution and fairness: That’s environmental justice

ENVIRONMENT
In the beginning, the idea of environmental justice didn't have a name. It didn't have much support, either. A few years after the first Earth...

County exploring ways to use San Diego’s land to fight climate change

ENVIRONMENT
With high biodiversity and rich farmland, San Diego County is exploring ways to put the region's land to use to cut carbon emissions. In an...

Satellites improve national reporting of greenhouse gases

ENVIRONMENT
With the climate crisis continuing to tighten its grip, nations around the world are making efforts to reduce emissions of climate warming gases. To...

Erosion by the Upper Ebro is decelerating and could eventually stop

ENVIRONMENT
How are fluvial valleys formed? Why do rivers cut valleys? Which mechanisms control the rate of fluvial incision? These are universal questions in Geomorphology...

Deforestation drives climate change that harms remaining forest

ENVIRONMENT
In a paper published today in Nature Communications, a team led by scientists from the University of California, Irvine, using climate models and satellite...

Air pollution responsible for 180,000 excess deaths in tropical cities

ENVIRONMENT
The international team of scientists aimed to address data gaps in air quality for 46 future megacities in Africa, Asia and the Middle East...

Study examines financial risks of water resilience planning in California

ENVIRONMENT
Partnerships between water utilities, irrigation districts and other stakeholders in California will play a critical role in funding new infrastructure under the Water Resilience...

99% of world’s population breathes poor-quality air

ENVIRONMENT
The U.N. health agency says nearly everybody in the world breathes air that doesn't meet its standards for air quality, calling for more action...
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