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Electric cars are increasingly common due to their potential environmental benefits, but a new study suggests that high levels of pollutants may cluster around fast-charging stations.This post was originally published on this site.

Too little rain, too little water in the landscape—so simple, so serious. Even if the drought is obvious because freshwaters carry less water, plants wither and the soil becomes brittle and cracked, the drying out […]

Scientists have found evidence that the Asian continent was free of permafrost all the way to its northerly coast with the Arctic Ocean when Earth’s average temperature was 4.5˚C warmer than today, suggesting that the […]

Climate change has made extreme weather events such as bushfires and floods more frequent and more likely in recent years, and the trend is expected to continue. These events have led to human and animal […]

University of Leicester-led research has revealed the start of industrial deforestation of the Malaysian rainforest and its long-lasting impact on coastal ecosystems in the skeletons of corals.This post was originally published on this site.

Ship traffic in shallow areas, such as ports, can trigger large methane emissions by just moving through the water. Researchers in a study, led by Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, observed 20 times higher […]

Two days after India’s capital stopped fuel sales to aging vehicles to tackle the sprawling megacity’s hazardous air pollution, authorities on Thursday said the ban was not practical.This post was originally published on this site.

Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of its kind, the director of a government innovation program said Thursday.This post was originally published on […]

A wildfire fanned by gale-force winds on the southern Greek island of Crete has forced the evacuation of thousands of residents and tourists, officials said on Thursday.This post was originally published on this site.