B.C. venture aims for more affordable carbon capture.
Goran Vlajnic, executive director of the Vancouver-based Carbon Capture and Conversion Institute (CCCI), knows there’s a political cloud hanging over the scientific advancements he’s...
Donald Trump's closest advisers clash over fate of Paris climate deal.
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President promises decision on US involvement before this month’s G7 summit, but the debate reveals deep divisions within his core team
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'Re-wilding' a Santa Monica beach to protect against sea level rise.
The Santa Monica Beach Restoration Project covers a 2-acre sandy stretch. Courtesy of The Bay Foundation
At the north end of Santa Monica Beach, there’s...
Assessment concludes urban forests in Chicago region face a warmer, wetter future
A first-ever assessment of urban forest vulnerability to climate change in the Chicago region suggests that native tree species in a 7-million-acre area may...
Larger swaths of tropical forest being lost to commercial agriculture
Larger patches of tropical forest are being cleared in recent years to make way for industrial-scale agriculture, a new study shows. Analysis of deforestation...
Noise pollution from gas compressors changes abundance of insects, spiders
The relentless roar of natural gas compressors influences the numbers of insects and spiders nearby, triggering decreases in many types of arthropods sensitive to...
Protecting life’s tangled ecological webs
Keeping habitats connected, so that species can move in response to environmental change, is crucial to ecosystem resilience.
Explainer: Dealing with the ‘loss and damage’ caused by climate change
Scaling down our emissions and building resilience against climate change can only take us so far. Some negative impacts and damages are now unavoidable....
Study refutes findings behind challenge to Sierra Nevada forest restoration
Ecologists have found significant flaws in the research used to challenge the US Forest Service plan to restore Sierra Nevada forests to less dense,...
Researchers eveal a new strategy to enhance the efficiency of cereal straw for biofuel...
A collaborative research effort has revealed a new strategy to allow cellulose in rice straw to release its fermentable sugar more efficiently.
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