The truth about bioplastics
Bioplastics are often touted as being eco-friendly, but do they live up to the hype?
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North American forests unlikely to save us from climate change, study finds
Forests take up 25-30 percent of human-caused emissions of carbon dioxide—a strong greenhouse gas—and are therefore considered to play a crucial role in mitigating the speed and magnitude of climate change. However, a new ...
Environment
Jul 20, 2016
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Are deep blue seas fading? Oceans turn to new hue across parts of Earth, study finds
A large swath of Earth's oceans changed color over the past 20 years—and human activity is suspected to have caused it, a new study reports.
Environment
Sep 2, 2023
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Ecosystem productivity shapes how soil microbes store or release carbon, challenging old assumptions
Soils store more carbon than the atmosphere and vegetation combined, with soil microorganisms playing the main role. As a result, the global soil carbon cycle—by which carbon enters, moves through, and leaves soils worldwide—exerts ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 19, 2026
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In a first, Iceland power plant turns carbon emissions to stone
Scientists and engineers working at a major power plant in Iceland have shown for the first time that carbon dioxide emissions can be pumped into the earth and changed chemically to a solid within months—radically faster ...
Environment
Jun 9, 2016
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Melting of polar ice shifting Earth itself, not just sea levels
The melting of polar ice is not only shifting the levels of our oceans, it is changing the planet Earth itself. Newly minted Ph.D. Sophie Coulson and her colleagues explained in a recent paper in Geophysical Research Letters ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2021
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Hidden threats in the dark: Alarming levels of human-made debris in Mediterranean sea caves
Just when we thought we had described all the possible marine environmental recipients of plastic pollution, new research comes in to overturn the picture.
Scientists find 'water windfall' beneath California's Central Valley
California's drought-stricken Central Valley harbors three times more groundwater than previously estimated, Stanford scientists have found. Accessing this water in an economically feasible way and safeguarding it from possible ...
Environment
Jun 27, 2016
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What is the world's widest river?
The Amazon River is a heck of a big tributary. Besides being one of the LONGEST rivers in the world, it also happens to be the WIDEST. While its estimated length of 4,000 miles (6,400 kilometers) puts it under the Nile River, ...
Environment
Feb 5, 2015
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Scientists make 'disturbing' find on remote island: plastic rocks
There are few places on Earth as isolated as Trindade island, a volcanic outcrop a three- to four-day boat trip off the coast of Brazil.
Earth Sciences
Mar 21, 2023
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