Environmental justice issues
New research examined the impact that bottom-up, community-level initiatives have in addressing environmental justice issues. They found that the best way to address a...
Cycling lanes reduce fatalities for all road users, study shows
The most comprehensive study of bicycle and road safety to date finds that building safe facilities for cyclists is one of the biggest factors...
New light shed on the harms of air pollution
A new study based on levels before, during and after the Beijing Olympics reveals how air pollution affects the human body at the level...
Compostable food containers could release PFAS into environment
Compostable food containers seem like a great idea: They degrade into nutrient-rich organic matter, reducing waste and the need for chemical fertilizers. But much...
Climate driving new right whale movement
New research connects recent changes in the movement of North Atlantic right whales to decreased food availability and rising temperatures in Gulf of Maine's...
Climate undermined by lobbying
For all the evidence that the benefits of reducing greenhouse gases outweigh the costs of regulation, disturbingly few domestic climate change policies have been...
Societal values and perceptions shape energy production and use as much as new technology
Societal values and perceptions have shaped the energy landscape as much as the technologies that drive its production and consumption, a new article suggests.
New York state winters could pose solar farm ‘ramping’ snag for power grid
With low energy demand around midday in the winter, combined with solar-electricity production, New York's power system could face volatile swings of 'ramping' --...
Study of northern Alaska could rewrite Arctic history
New research on the North Slope of Alaska could help revise predictions about the Arctic's oil, gas and mineral wealth.
A warming Arctic produces weather extremes in our latitudes
Atmospheric researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have now developed a climate model that can accurately...
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