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Environmental News Network -- Know Your Environment
When we think of getting on the road in our cars, our first thoughts may not be that fellow drivers are particularly safe or careful — but human drivers are more reliable than one may expect.
More than 50 percent of the largest lakes in the world are losing water, according to a groundbreaking new assessment published today in Science.
Glaciers have been melting and shrinking at an alarming rate, raising the sea-level and causing outburst floods.
A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the ability of microorganisms to adapt to climate warming will slow down global warming by storing carbon in soil.
A new analysis led by a University of Wyoming researcher shows that brackish or salty groundwater has the potential to replace fresh water to cool coal- and natural gas-fired power plants and strengthen resilience in the energy infrastructure, although there’s a cost associated with doing so.
Droughts can be good for trees. Certain trees, that is.
