About 15 million deaths could be avoided each year and agricultural emissions could drop by 15% if people worldwide shift to healthier, predominantly plant-based diets, according to the EAT-Lancet Commission, which brought ...
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More than 90% of plastic waste ends up in the soil, where it breaks down into microplastics that are invisible to the naked eye. Microplastic pollution of the soil poses a severe threat to soil health as it can harm essential ...
In a comment published in Nature Climate Change, Mark Bradford, the E.H. Harriman Professor of Soils and Ecosystem Ecology, and Yale School of the Environment research scientists Sara Kuebbing and Alexander Polussa, Ph.D., ...
Earth Sciences
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Among the tiniest living things in the ocean are a group of single-celled microbes called Prochlorococcus. They are cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, and they supply nutrients for animals all the way up the food ...
Ecology
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Biodiversity is disappearing at an alarming rate and is driven by human activity: contamination, greenhouse gases and extreme temperatures. But how exactly do these factors affect the reproduction and survival of species?
Ecology
Sep 4, 2025
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When you throw out food waste, even though it's organic material, it doesn't just harmlessly decompose at the landfill. This process releases methane. In a 20-year period, methane is 80–85 times more potent as a greenhouse ...
Environment
Aug 20, 2025
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A new study finds proposed Irish climate targets protect methane emission privileges at the expense of poorer nations' development.
Environment
Aug 14, 2025
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A new wave of climate research is sounding a stark warning: Human activity may be driving drought more intensely—and more directly—than previously understood.
Earth Sciences
Aug 13, 2025
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University of Warwick astronomers, in partnership with institutions in Spain, are showing how astronomy tools, that are usually used to study stars, can be repurposed as climate sensors, helping us track how Earth's atmosphere ...
Planetary Sciences
Aug 1, 2025
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The UK Met Office has given storms forenames for the past decade as part of an effort to raise public awareness of extreme weather before it strikes. Heat waves are becoming increasingly frequent and severe due to greenhouse ...
Environment
Jul 9, 2025
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