How human activities affect the carbon cycle
(PhysOrg.com) -- Land uses influence nature?s absorption, release of CO2, says STEPS researcher.
(PhysOrg.com) -- Land uses influence nature?s absorption, release of CO2, says STEPS researcher.
Environment
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Research led by environmental health sciences (ENHS) associate professor Eric Vejerano has found that leaves are a source of biogenic persistent free radicals (BPFRs). Vejerano and Ph.D. in ENHS alumna Jeonghyeon Ahn published ...
Environment
Oct 27, 2023
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Planetary-scale engineering schemes designed to cool Earth's surface and lessen the impact of global heating are potentially dangerous and should be blocked by governments, more than 60 policy experts and scientists said ...
Environment
Jan 17, 2022
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Thanks for killing the planet, dog owners. Well, that's a rough paraphrase of a New Zealand study that claims a medium-size dog leaves a larger ecological footprint than an SUV.
Environment
Nov 4, 2009
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Human well-being will be severely jeopardized by negative trends in some types of environmental harm, such as a changing climate, deforestation, loss of access to fresh water, species extinctions and human population growth, ...
Environment
Nov 13, 2017
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More than 90% of the world's population is projected to face increased risks from the compound impacts of extreme heat and drought, potentially widening social inequalities as well as undermining the natural world's ability ...
Environment
Jan 6, 2023
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In a new survey of the sub-seafloor off the U.S. Northeast coast, scientists have made a surprising discovery: a gigantic aquifer of relatively fresh water trapped in porous sediments lying below the salty ocean. It appears ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 21, 2019
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Science fiction is rife with fanciful tales of deadly organisms emerging from the ice and wreaking havoc on unsuspecting human victims.
Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 2023
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(AP) -- Two hundred miles off the coast of Texas, ribbons of pipe are reaching for oil and natural gas deeper below the ocean's surface than ever before.
Environment
Dec 30, 2011
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Is your adorable puppy as bad for the planet as a gas-guzzling SUV?
Environment
Mar 20, 2021
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