In April, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in favor of a group of seniors who alleged that the Swiss government's failure to meet climate change mitigation targets is having an adverse impact on their health, well-being ...
Environment
May 20, 2024
0
11
An international collaborative study that features researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU), presented a new method for growing ultra-long and ultra-narrow strips of graphene (a derivative of graphite), which exhibit semiconducting ...
Nanomaterials
May 20, 2024
0
84
Sea levels are rising, swamping roads and homes in South Florida. And it's picked up the pace in recent years.
Environment
May 20, 2024
13
670
Nearly seven decades after the U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, the court's declared goal of integrated education is still not yet achieved.
Social Sciences
May 20, 2024
0
11
When the Shell petroleum company announced in 2021 that it wanted to explore for fossil fuels off South Africa's pristine Wild Coast, Indigenous communities in the area immediately fought back through the country's courts.
Environment
May 20, 2024
0
19
Ask a bird lover if they have heard of the extinct giant moa or its ancient predator, Haast's eagle, and the answer will likely be yes. The same can't be said of New Zealand's extinct, but equally unique, mergansers—a group ...
Molecular & Computational biology
May 20, 2024
0
43
Victoria's native forest logging industry ended on January 1 this year. The news was met with jubilation from conservationists.
Ecology
May 20, 2024
0
1
As Colorado's rivers shrink and its soils dry out, state lawmakers this year passed a slew of water bills that advocates say will help reduce water use and protect the critical natural resource.
Environment
May 20, 2024
0
1
It's official, Chicagoland. Periodical cicadas have arrived.
Ecology
May 20, 2024
0
1
Little red crustaceans pepper the shallow depths by the San Diego shoreline. The tuna crabs are back.
Plants & Animals
May 20, 2024
0
14
