Archive for 2019
A potential new source of energy? Water evaporation
Lakes and reservoirs in the US could generate 325 gigawatts of power, accounting for 70% of output.
New sea-level rise projections alarming for Southeast Asia
Coastal land is home to some 42 million people in Bangladesh, 31 million in Vietnam and another 26 million just in the Chinese city of Shanghai. A new report on sea level rise, published Tuesday in Nature Communications, doesn’t have
Aerial photography is helping protect the planet
Aerial photography is empowering us to preserve our environment, one picture at a time.
Though expert at camouflage, invasive pythons have met their match
Unless they are stopped, the snakes will likely migrate far and wide, causing further ecological havoc.
Fighting fire is risky, and there’s a good chance so is the gear
You’ve probably heard of PFAS chemicals before. They’re the group of synthetic polymers, including PFOS and PFOA, implicated in some human health conditions because the chemicals are in the water, the soils, our food, and in some cases, our work
Warmer weather is helping some British butterflies but not others
Species like silver-studded blue and high brown fritillary butterflies have been on the decline.