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Environmental News Network -- Know Your Environment
Forty million people living in the Kanto region of Japan, which includes Tokyo, may be able to blame a meandering ocean current for increasing hot and humid summers, according to an analysis conducted by an international team of researchers.
Tropical cyclones — known as typhoons in the Pacific and as hurricanes in the Atlantic — are fierce, complex storm systems that cause loss of human life and billions of dollars in damage every year.
As demand for low-carbon electricity rises around the world, nuclear power offers a promising solution. But how many countries are good candidates for nuclear energy development?
A research team from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo has conducted a detailed analysis of the uncertainties associated with flood risk modeling at the global scale.
New research published today in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives from Environmental Defense Fund and the George Washington University shows air pollution takes an enormous toll on health in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the impacts vary dramatically within neighborhoods.
Nalleli Cobo was nine years old when her nose started bleeding, off and on throughout the day, and often into her pillow at night.
