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Environmental News Network -- Know Your Environment
An international team of scientists working with Heliconius butterflies at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama was faced with a mystery: How do pairs of unrelated butterflies from Peru to Costa Rica evolve nearly the same wing-color patterns over and over again? The answer, published in Current Biology, forever changes the way evolution is understood.
According to the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, which involves the University of Exeter, countries and cities are responding to the growing threat that global warming poses.
Around 97% of all micro-rubber particles in the environment originate from tyre abrasion. But where does it go?
Scientists offer new clues about importance to climate of water, light, and particle surfaces.
Glaciologists at ETH Zurich and WSL assessed the global water storage and hydropower potential that could be freed up in future as glaciers melt in response to climate change.
Tufts research could help inform future strategies to shift consumer behavior.
