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Researchers Tackle Growing Threat of ‘Forever Chemicals’

A new project led by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology will transform our understanding of a group of manufactured chemicals that can last hundreds of years in the environment, posing long-term risks to ecosystems and potentially human health.

Climate Change Drove Extreme Wildfire Seasons Across the Americas, Making Burned Areas Around 30 Times Larger

Human-driven climate change made wildfires in parts of South America and Southern California many times larger and more destructive, according to an annual assessment by international experts.

Scientists Identify Potential Climate Solutions in “Grassy Trees”

Bamboo, palm, and banana trees look and act like trees, but are actually closer to grasses in how they grow because—unlike trees—their stems do not grow wider over time.

Plastic Pollution Could Linger at Ocean Surfaces for Over a Century, New Research Finds

Published today in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, the study is the third and final paper in a trilogy that explores the long-term fate of microplastic in the ocean.