Environment

Yellow alert pollution warning in Beijing

18 Apr 2018

Warming climate could speed forest regrowth in eastern US

18 Apr 2018

Surviving climate change, then and now

18 Apr 2018

Moss capable of removing arsenic from drinking water discovered

17 Apr 2018

The aquatic moss Warnstofia fluitans, which grows in northern Sweden, has the ability to quickly absorb and adsorb arsenic from water and in just one hour, the arsenic level is so low that the water is no longer harmful for people to drink

Engineering a plastic-eating enzyme

By UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH | 17 Apr 2018

Engineering a plastic-eating enzyme

By UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH | 17 Apr 2018

Engineering a plastic-eating enzyme

By UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH | 17 Apr 2018

Media representations of animals deceive us about their survival in the wild

14 Apr 2018

The most "charismatic" species have a high status in conservation biology, but their popularity may be their downfall, leading to inappropriate complacency about their chances of survival

Mountain erosion may add CO2 to the atmosphere

14 Apr 2018

Recycling experts hit milestone in quest for zero-waste phone

13 Apr 2018

Researchers have perfected a process to efficiently separate fiberglass and resin — two of the most commonly discarded parts of a cellphone — bringing them closer to their goal of a zero-waste cellphone

From property damage to lost production: how natural disasters impact economics

12 Apr 2018

Scientists discover greener way of making plastics

12 Apr 2018

Melting of Arctic mountain glaciers unprecedented in the past 400 years

11 Apr 2018

Glaciers in Alaska's Denali National Park are melting faster than at any time in the past four centuries because of rising summer temperatures, a new study from the American Geophysical Union reveals

Carbon taxes can be both fair and effective, study shows

09 Apr 2018

Green technologies are eco-friendly and profit-friendly

06 Apr 2018

Researchers say companies that invest in their own green technologies can operate in more environmentally sustainable ways without hurting profits

Green technologies are eco-friendly and profit-friendly

06 Apr 2018

Researchers say companies that invest in their own green technologies can operate in more environmentally sustainable ways without hurting profits

First direct observations of methane's increasing greenhouse effect at the Earth's surface

05 Apr 2018

Stubble burning can take Delhi's pollution to 20 times above safe limits

04 Apr 2018

Burning of post harvest stubble or agricultural waste around Delhi's adjoining states has become a positive menace ot the citizens of India's capital

Climate change could raise food insecurity risk

03 Apr 2018

Once we can capture CO2 emissions, here's what we could do with it

02 Apr 2018

The Sahara Desert is expanding

02 Apr 2018

The Sahara Desert has expanded by about 10 percent since 1920, according to a new study, which is the first to assess century-scale changes to the boundaries of the world's largest desert