https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. New research has revealed that about 90% of marine aquarium fish sold by online retailers in the United States are sourced directly from wild populations, mostly in the western Pacific and Indian Ocean. With the US accounting for around two-thirds of all global aquarium fish imports, researchers warn that this reliance on wild capture threatens the sustainability of coral reef ecosystems and puts endangered and threatened species at greater risk of extinction. https://phys.org/news/2025-10-nemo-aquarium-fish-caught-wild.html Plants & Animals Wed, 08 Oct 2025 11:00:03 EDT news678986881 Carbon taxes are widely seen as one of the most effective policy options for reducing emissions. However, the main rationale behind initially low carbon taxes is often not to reduce emissions but to generate tax revenues or meet international expectations, according to a study published in One Earth. As noted by the authors, the observations cast doubt on whether carbon taxes should always be viewed as climate policies. https://phys.org/news/2025-08-carbon-taxes-emissions.html Environment Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:00:20 EDT news674295241 The EU Emissions Trading System is not only good for reducing CO2 and for the climate. It also results in considerable health benefits due to reduced air pollution and saves hundreds of billions of euros, according to a recently released study by a team at Universität Hamburg. https://phys.org/news/2024-07-emissions-health-benefits.html Environment Tue, 02 Jul 2024 11:27:40 EDT news639138456 New research based on thousands of reviews posted on Amazon shows that when people received free products in exchange for reviews, their ratings were significantly inflated—and product sales were stronger—even though reviewers disclosed that they received the product for free. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-paid-online-consumers.html Social Sciences Wed, 09 Aug 2023 11:40:58 EDT news610800054 New research has confirmed that the commonly repeated statement that the illicit antiquities trade is the third largest illicit trade in the world is unsupported by evidence. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-unproven-distract-real-illicit-antiquities.html Archaeology Sat, 22 Jul 2023 11:50:01 EDT news609158752 More than $122 billion of economic activity—$81 billion in international trade—is at risk from the impact of extreme climate events, according to new research from Oxford's Environmental Change Institute. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-exploring-multi-billion-dollar-economic-climate-extremes.html Earth Sciences Thu, 20 Jul 2023 15:29:54 EDT news609085791 Plants and animals do not respect legal boundaries, oblivious to the policies that govern different jurisdictions. A new Stanford-led study highlights how policies in forestry, agriculture, and other sectors can fit together to govern biodiversity in a more coordinated and effective way. Published Feb. 6 in Nature Ecology & Evolution, the first of its kind analysis focuses on Colombia, one of the world's most biodiverse countries, finding that biodiversity is governed by almost 200 distinct policies that cover a variety of ecosystems, conservation approaches, scales, actors, and threats. https://phys.org/news/2023-02-colombia-biodiversity-hotspot-lessons-countries.html Ecology Mon, 06 Feb 2023 11:00:08 EST news594883430 The debate over whether legal trading of ivory should be allowed to fund elephant conservation, or banned altogether to stop poaching has raged for decades without an end in sight. https://phys.org/news/2017-12-ivory-deadlock.html Ecology Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:00:01 EST news432479320 (AP) -- A consumer watchdog group is suing the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to prevent Google from making sweeping changes to its privacy policies next month. https://phys.org/news/2012-02-lawsuit-block-google-privacy.html Internet Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:37:29 EST news247945041 Facebook has fixed a bug that allowed the viewing of some private photographs of other members and which was reportedly used to access personal pictures of founder Mark Zuckerberg. https://phys.org/news/2011-12-facebook-photo-privacy-bug.html Internet Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:48:36 EST news242484508