Environment
Nature's puzzle: South African wildfires create climate cooling
06 Mar 2018
Researchers have discovered that biomass smoke originating from South Africa that drifts over the southeast Atlantic Ocean significantly enhances the brightness of low-level clouds there — creating a reflective process that actually helps cool the Earth and counteract the greenhouse effect
How cities heat up
26 Feb 2018
The way streets and buildings are arranged makes a big difference in how heat builds up, study shows
Plastic bans could hit growth in oil demand: BP
21 Feb 2018
Oil-eating microbes are challenged in the Arctic
21 Feb 2018
Bacteria play a major role in cleaning up oil spills and mitigating its environmental impacts. A new review examines the major limiting factors for microbial degradation in Arctic environments