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Environmental News Network -- Know Your Environment
University of British Columbia researchers studying the marine food web of the Northeast Pacific Ocean have found that the exposure and accumulation of chemical pollutants, such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organic mercury, will be exacerbated under climate change.
Consumers need to stop demanding shark fin soup and other products in the absence of robust laws and sustainable practices regulating shark overfishing, research co-authored by the Sea Around Us initiative at UBC has found.
A team of Texas A&M researchers has developed a new technology that helps providers find the cause of outages, and anticipate and predict some failures before outages occur.
Hurricane Florence is bringing heavy wind and rain to large parts of the East Coast. Stay informed on the latest warnings, advisories, and the path of Florence with bulletins from the National Weather Service. If you’re in an area that could be impacted by this storm, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recommends the following:
Monitor local radio and TV for updates. The path of the storm could change quickly and unexpectedly. Follow the instructions of state, local, and tribal leaders.
Models show that the implementation of the Paris Agreement is critical to avoid a large increase in temperature-related deaths.
The number of insects species in Connecticut is climbing due to climate change.
