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Environmental News Network -- Know Your Environment
As greenhouse gas emissions continue to warm the world’s oceans, marine biodiversity could be on track to plummet within the next few centuries to levels not seen since the extinction of the dinosaurs, according to a recent study in the journal Science by Princeton University researchers.
Bird species that live in wooded areas are under stress from human-caused changes to forest composition, according to new research led by Oregon State University that quantifies the effects of forest “degradation” on bird habitat.
Alaska has more water stored in glaciers than anywhere outside of Greenland and Antarctica.
Capping production of new plastics will help cut their release to the environment — and brings other benefits, from boosting the value of plastics to helping tackle climate change.
The technology not only means power distribution networks will waste much less energy, but they could also look very different.
Study simulates San Francisco's worst storms in future climate conditions, finds up to 37% wetter extreme events
