When uncontrolled wildfires moved from the foothills above Los Angeles into the densely populated urban areas below in January 2025, evacuation ensued and a thick layer of toxic smoke spread across the region.
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New Data Reveals How Australia’s Threatened Reptiles and Frogs are Disappearing – and What We Have to do
Australia is home to extraordinary reptiles and frogs, from giant lace monitors to tiny alpine froglets.
New Research Project to Provide Historical Perspective on Contemporary Farming Challenges
The debate over whether UK farming can continue to feed us, be commercially viable and conserve our vulnerable natural environment is set to be addressed by a major new research project combining history with business analysis and environmental science.
3-D Printing Researchers Develop Fast-Curing, Environmentally Friendly Concrete Substitute
Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a quick-setting, environmentally friendly alternative to concrete they hope can one day be used to rapidly 3-D print homes and infrastructure.
McGill Researchers Develop Stretchable, Biodegradable Battery Using Eco-Friendly Acids
Researchers with McGill’s Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design have developed a stretchable, eco-friendly battery suitable for use in wearable and implantable devices.
The July 4 Floods in Texas Weren’t a One-Off. They Were a Warning
On July 14 this past summer, I pulled up to the Kerrville Kroc Corps Community Center, dodging puddles and sinkholes from a recent thunderstorm in a town where the last thing needed was more rain.
