Environmental News Network

NASA-NOAA Satellite Catches Formation of Tropical Cyclone Lili

NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and captured a visible image of newly formed Tropical Cyclone Lili, located north of the coast of Australia’s Northern Territory.

Researchers Develop Viable, Environmentally-Friendly Alternative to Styrofoam

Washington State University researchers have developed an environmentally-friendly, plant-based material that for the first time works better than Styrofoam for insulation.

Birds Outside Their Comfort Zone Are More Vulnerable to Deforestation

Members of the same bird species can have dramatically different responses to deforestation depending on where they live, finds a new study.

A New View of Wintertime Air Pollution

The processes that create ozone pollution in the summer can also trigger the formation of wintertime air pollution, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder and NOAA, in partnership with the University of Utah.

Study Questions Current Regulations on Light Pollution and Calls for Paradigm Shift

An international study involving researchers from the University of Granada (UGR), Spain, and the University of Krakow (Poland) has found that Spain's current regulations on light pollution are inadequate, as they fail to take into account all the necessary factors--including the key factor of human vision itself.