Environment

The natural environment or natural world encompasses all biotic and abiotic things occurring naturally, meaning in this case not artificial. The term is most often applied to Earth or some parts of Earth. This environment encompasses the interaction of all living species, climate, weather and natural resources that affect human survival and economic activity. (Source: Wikipedia | CC BY-SA)

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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
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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
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Cranfield and LIPTON Teas and Infusions begin advanced climate change mitigation and resilience field trialsClimate

Cranfield and LIPTON Teas and Infusions begin advanced climate change mitigation and resilience field trials

By Cranfield University The project, supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and UK Tea & Infusions Association (UKTIA), aims to improve…
SourceSourceJuly 6, 2024 Full article
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Offshore windfarms – A threat for electro-sensitive sharks?Climate

Offshore windfarms – A threat for electro-sensitive sharks?

By Society for Experimental Biology An ongoing research project into the impact of offshore windfarm electromagnetic fields on shark development reveals that the alternating electric…
SourceSourceJuly 5, 2024 Full article
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Norway can lead the fight against plastic pollutionScience

Norway can lead the fight against plastic pollution

Norway's long, rugged coastline – more than 28,953 kilometers long, including the fjords – suffers from plastic pollution even though it is so remote. It's…
SourceSourceJuly 5, 2024 Full article
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Mexico girds for hit from Hurricane BerylNews

Mexico girds for hit from Hurricane Beryl

Cancún, Mexico | AFP Tourist resorts in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula girded Thursday for a hit from Hurricane Beryl, which is still packing ferocious winds after…
SourceSourceJuly 5, 2024 Full article
Compact cities have lower carbon emissions, but poorer air quality, less green space and higher mortality ratesScience

Compact cities have lower carbon emissions, but poorer air quality, less green space and higher mortality rates

A study by ISGlobal analyses 919 European cities and their environmental quality, CO2 emissions and impact on human health. By Barcelona Institute for Global Health…
SourceSourceJuly 4, 2024 Full article
Retreating glaciers: fungi enhance carbon storage in young Arctic soilsScience

Retreating glaciers: fungi enhance carbon storage in young Arctic soils

By Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Melting Arctic glaciers are in rapid recession, and microscopic pioneers colonize the new exposed landscapes. LMU researchers have revealed that yeasts play…
SourceSourceJuly 4, 2024 Full article
Music festivals seek greener footprintNews

Music festivals seek greener footprint

By Philippe GRELARD | AFP Paris, France - Three planes, 270 tonnes of equipment, 800 square metres of stage: the figures from Madonna's massive free…
SourceSourceJuly 4, 2024 Full article
Shark hatching success drops from 82% to 11% in climate change scenarioScience

Shark hatching success drops from 82% to 11% in climate change scenario

By Society for Experimental Biology New experimental research shows that the combined effects of ocean warming and acidification could lead to a catastrophic decrease in…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2024 Full article
Waste heat from industry can actually heat every house in Norway. A smart solution can harness this energy, while also providing us with clean drinking water.
How to avoid wasting huge amounts of energyScience

How to avoid wasting huge amounts of energy

Waste heat from industry can actually heat every house in Norway. A smart solution can harness this energy, while also providing us with clean drinking…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2024 Full article
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Walking our way towards more sustainable citiesScience

Walking our way towards more sustainable cities

Monash University Malaysia in Petaling Jaya | 360info By making walkability a central component of how we design our cities, we can create vibrant, inclusive and…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2024 Full article
NARO developed a novel method to analyze ‘forever chemicals’ in the soilScience

NARO developed a novel method to analyze ‘forever chemicals’ in the soil

By National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Japan Concern about the effects of PFAS are of increasing globally. Also there is no accurate method…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2024 Full article
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EVs alone won’t save us from climate catastropheClimate

EVs alone won’t save us from climate catastrophe

By Lily Rau, Climateworks Centre, Melbourne | 360info Zero-emissions vehicles would need to hit 73 percent of new light vehicle sales by 2030 to keep transport…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2024 Full article
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Google greenhouse gas emissions grow as it powers AINews

Google greenhouse gas emissions grow as it powers AI

San Francisco, United States | AFP Google, despite its goal of achieving net-zero emissions, is pumping out more greenhouse gas than before as it powers…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2024 Full article
Australian bushfire ash is deadly for aquatic lifeClimate

Australian bushfire ash is deadly for aquatic life

By Society for Experimental Biology While the impact of wildfires on terrestrial life has been well studied, only recently has research started to examine the…
SourceSourceJuly 2, 2024 Full article
Satellite image: Hurricane Beryl - July 2024
UN climate chief’s family impacted by Hurricane BerylClimateNews

UN climate chief’s family impacted by Hurricane Beryl

Paris, France (AFP) - UN climate chief Simon Stiell has warned that the destructive consequences of global warming are "not a tomorrow problem" after Hurrican…
SourceSourceJuly 2, 2024 Full article
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Brazil’s Amazon saw worst 6 months of wildfires in 20 yrs: officialNews

Brazil’s Amazon saw worst 6 months of wildfires in 20 yrs: official

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) - Brazil recorded 13,489 wildfires in the first half of the year in the Amazon, the worst figure in 20…
SourceSourceJuly 1, 2024 Full article
Novel spectroscopy technique sheds light on NOx reductionScience

Novel spectroscopy technique sheds light on NOx reduction

By Lehigh University When power plants burn fossil fuels at high temperatures, nitrogen and oxygen molecules break apart and then recombine to form a class…
SourceSourceJuly 1, 2024 Full article
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Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on Grenada island of Carriacou: US trackerNews

Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on Grenada island of Carriacou: US tracker

Bridgetown, Barbados (AFP) - Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, slammed into the Caribbean island of Carriacou, which is part of Grenada,…
SourceSourceJuly 1, 2024 Full article
Caribbean braces for powerful Hurricane BerylNews

Caribbean braces for powerful Hurricane Beryl

By Chandan KHANNA | AFP Bridgetown, Barbados - Hurricane Beryl plowed toward the southeast Caribbean late Sunday as officials warned residents to seek shelter ahead…
SourceSourceJuly 1, 2024 Full article
Hurricane Beryl, first of 2024 season, bears down on CaribbeanNews

Hurricane Beryl, first of 2024 season, bears down on Caribbean

By Chandan KHANNA | AFP Bridgetown, Barbados (UPDATED) - Much of the southeast Caribbean was on alert Sunday as Beryl strengthened into the first hurricane…
SourceSourceJune 30, 2024 Full article
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Air pollution exposure during childhood linked directly to adult bronchitis symptoms in new researchScience

Air pollution exposure during childhood linked directly to adult bronchitis symptoms in new research

By Wayne Lewis | Keck School of Medicine of USC A new study brings fresh revelations about the connection between early-life exposure to air pollution…
SourceSourceJune 29, 2024 Full article