Lakes in the Northern Hemisphere are warming six times faster since 1992 than any other time period in the last 100 years, research led by York University has found.
Northern Lakes Warming Six Times Faster in the Past 25 Years
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URI Scientists Part of Team That Points to Strong Connection Between Climate Change, Plastics Pollution
University of Rhode Island researchers Andrew Davies and Coleen Suckling say that when a major hurricane churns up storm surges and heavy, drenching rains, the storm washes trash from the land into our rivers and coasts.
No Silver Bullet
There’s a widespread hypothesis that links the resilience of coral reefs with their remoteness from human activities — the farther away they are from people, the more likely corals are to bounce back from disturbances.
Microplastics May Be Impacting the Climate, Study Finds
Like the ash spewed from a supervolcano, microplastics have infested the atmosphere and encircled the globe. These are bits of plastic less than 5 millimeters long, and they come in two main varieties.
Putting Honeybee Hives on Solar Parks Could Boost the Value of UK Agriculture
The value of UK agriculture could be boosted by millions of pounds a year if thousands of honeybee hives were deployed on solar parks across the country, a new study reveals.
Scientists Publish First Large-Scale Census of Coral Heat Tolerance
In a first-of-its-kind study, Florida’s critically endangered staghorn corals were surveyed to discover which ones can better withstand future heatwaves in the ocean.
