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Understanding willingness to pay for nationwide wastewater surveillance in JapanScience

Understanding willingness to pay for nationwide wastewater surveillance in Japan

By Waseda University Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic and the increased likelihood of other such outbreaks in the future warrant the strengthening of epidemic surveillance systems.…
SourceSourceJuly 17, 2024 Full article
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Nature-based solutions to disaster risk from climate change are cost effective, study confirmsClimateScience

Nature-based solutions to disaster risk from climate change are cost effective, study confirms

By University of Massachusetts Amherst A new global assessment of scientific literature led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst finds that nature-based solutions…
SourceSourceJuly 17, 2024 Full article
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Weather experts discover new effect of storm – in a teacupScience

Weather experts discover new effect of storm – in a teacup

By University of Reading Britain, prepare for deep depression: storms ruin tea. A new study reveals that Storm Ciaran cut an invisible path of mayhem…
SourceSourceJuly 16, 2024 Full article
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Serbia government greenlights disputed lithium mining projectNews

Serbia government greenlights disputed lithium mining project

Belgrade, Serbia (AFP) - The Serbian government on Tuesday gave permission to restart operations at a disputed Rio Tinto lithium mining project, days after a…
SourceSourceJuly 16, 2024 Full article
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We’re not eating Peppa! Preschoolers befriend farm animalsScience

We’re not eating Peppa! Preschoolers befriend farm animals

By SWPS University Giving a chicken, turkey or pig a name and pointing out its individual qualities may change children's attitudes towards animals. It makes…
SourceSourceJuly 15, 2024 Full article
Romania to cull nearly 500 bears after hiker killedNews

Romania to cull nearly 500 bears after hiker killed

Bucharest, Romania (AFP) - Romania's parliament on Monday approved the culling of almost 500 bears this year in a bid to control the protected species'…
SourceSourceJuly 15, 2024 Full article
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Atomically controlled MXenes enable cost-effective green hydrogen productionScience

Atomically controlled MXenes enable cost-effective green hydrogen production

KIST researchers develop atomically controlled MXenes as water electrolysis catalyst support. Molybdenum-based MXene electrocatalyst support reduces the cost of green hydrogen production. By National Research…
SourceSourceJuly 15, 2024 Full article
Complex impact of large wildfires on ozone layer dynamicsScience

Complex impact of large wildfires on ozone layer dynamics

Huge smoke-charged vortex doubles aerosol burden in the middle stratosphere and buffers ozone depletion. By Max Planck Institute for Chemistry In a revelation highlighting the…
SourceSourceJuly 13, 2024 Full article
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Study examines urban forests across the United StatesScience

Study examines urban forests across the United States

Researchers find trees in parks are more drought-tolerant than species near homes. By Dartmouth College In recent years, tree-planting campaigns have been underway in the…
SourceSourceJuly 13, 2024 Full article
Encouraging cycling could involve ditching helmetsClimate

Encouraging cycling could involve ditching helmets

By Dorina Pojani, University of Queensland | 360info™ With proper planning, laws and initiatives, urban commuters can be persuaded to switch from four wheels to two. If…
SourceSourceJuly 12, 2024 Full article
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High and low tide cause low and high methane fluxesClimate

High and low tide cause low and high methane fluxes

By Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research Methane, a strong greenhouse gas that naturally escapes from the bottom of the North Sea, is affected by…
SourceSourceJuly 12, 2024 Full article
Canada designates largest marine protected zoneNews

Canada designates largest marine protected zone

Montreal, Canada (AFP) - Canada said Thursday it had designated the country's largest marine protected zone off the coast of Vancouver, as it moves to…
SourceSourceJuly 12, 2024 Full article
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Targeted Home Systems to Remove PFAS More Cost-Effective Than System-Wide SolutionsScience

Targeted Home Systems to Remove PFAS More Cost-Effective Than System-Wide Solutions

By University of New Hampshire PFAS, the potentially cancer-causing chemicals known as ‘forever chemicals’, have become an increasing concern in home drinking water. Solutions to…
SourceSourceJuly 12, 2024 Full article
Mozambican Woodlands could store more than double the carbon previously estimatedClimate

Mozambican Woodlands could store more than double the carbon previously estimated

By University College London The capacity of Mozambican woodlands to capture and store carbon is underestimated and potentially undervalued for their protection and restoration, finds…
SourceSourceJuly 10, 2024 Full article
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Denmark to introduce world’s first livestock carbon taxNews

Denmark to introduce world’s first livestock carbon tax

By Paul CASSEDANNE | AFP Copenhagen, Denmark - Denmark will introduce the world's first carbon tax on livestock, a unique measure designed to bring the…
SourceSourceJuly 10, 2024 Full article
Canada’s government links June heat wave to climate changeClimateNews

Canada’s government links June heat wave to climate change

Montreal, Canada (AFP) - Canada's environment ministry said Tuesday that climate change made a recent east coast heat wave two to 10 times more likely,…
SourceSourceJuly 10, 2024 Full article
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Covering Climate Now Announces Winners of the 2024 CCNow Journalism AwardsClimateNews

Covering Climate Now Announces Winners of the 2024 CCNow Journalism Awards

By CCNOW Today, the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now announced 51 winners of the 2024 CCNow Journalism Awards. Now in its fourth year, the…
SourceSourceJuly 9, 2024 Full article
New Microbe-central Model Predicts Global Grassland Soil pH Under Climate ChangeScience

New Microbe-central Model Predicts Global Grassland Soil pH Under Climate Change

By Zhang Nannan | Chinese Academy of Sciences In a study published in One Earth, a research team led by Prof. Deng Ye from Research…
SourceSourceJuly 9, 2024 Full article
Water stored under artificial turf could make cities cooler and safer to play inScience

Water stored under artificial turf could make cities cooler and safer to play in

Artificial turf with an integrated subsurface water storage and irrigation system could make sports courts safer and cooler while helping cities with water and flood…
SourceSourceJuly 9, 2024 Full article
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New carbon storage technology is fastest of its kindScience

New carbon storage technology is fastest of its kind

By The University of Texas at Austin | The Cockrell School of Engineering A new way to store carbon captured from the atmosphere developed by…
SourceSourceJuly 9, 2024 Full article
Tackling the Climate and Housing Crises: Promoting Compact Living in EuropeClimate

Tackling the Climate and Housing Crises: Promoting Compact Living in Europe

By Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) – Helmholtz Centre Potsdam Future European Union housing policy must address the twin challenges of providing adequate housing for…
SourceSourceJuly 8, 2024 Full article
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Companies that mitigate climate change reduce their cost of capitalClimate

Companies that mitigate climate change reduce their cost of capital

Going green pays off. New research shows that when companies disclose their environmental impact—and work to mitigate it—they earn investor trust. By Hidemichi Fujii |…
SourceSourceJuly 8, 2024 Full article
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Braiding community values with science is key to ecosystem restorationClimate

Braiding community values with science is key to ecosystem restoration

A research team comprising local Tibetans and academics from the UK and China demonstrate that local community members are indispensable partners in enhancing community engagement…
SourceSourceJuly 8, 2024 Full article
Every last drop: zero-waste water builds water resilienceClimate

Every last drop: zero-waste water builds water resilience

By HELEN MASSY-BERESFORD | Horizon, the EU Research and Innovation magazine The 34 dairy cows chewing the cud on a floating platform in the port of…
SourceSourceJuly 6, 2024 Full article