Smoke from Canada’s July wildfires exposed people across Canada and the United States to unhealthy, very unhealthy or hazardous air for nearly 106 million person-days between July 15–17. Over the peak impact period of July […]
ETH researchers have used a sustainability program for cocoa cultivation in Côte d’Ivoire to demonstrate that, in one in four cases, data was manipulated to meet the program’s requirements. If the auditor were aware of […]
Animals struggle to cool down in extreme heat and high humidity, and heat stress is rising in many regions around the world. This is especially true for people in tropical countries, including populous India. In […]
Millions of people across Europe—particularly in France, Italy, Spain and Britain—baked through a new wave of extreme temperatures Thursday as the continent’s latest heat wave picked up.This post was originally published on this site.
A review of research published in the Interdisciplinary Environmental Review on single-use plastics argues that tackling the waste problem will require a shift from recycling alone to a broader circular economy approach, in which materials […]
Heat waves are not all created equal. While some bring dry heat that rapidly dries out crops, others carry a lot of moisture that can prevent sweat from evaporating off the skin. In new research […]
Satellite images can be used to estimate how much carbon forests store as aboveground biomass (AGB) and how biomass varies in different forests. In a study published in the journal Nature, a team of researchers […]
Charting a better future will require redressing the problems of the past. That’s one reason many countries have begun to return dispossessed land to Indigenous peoples. The goal of Indigenous land restitution is to empower […]
In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers show how a wider diversity of vegetables could help improve diets and strengthen agriculture against climate change. They use the term […]
The federal government is injecting millions of dollars into efforts to combat feral hogs—and it’s considering spending even more in the coming years. The problem has grown for decades, but our research has found that […]
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