Category: Environment
Robin hushed: wind turbines are making songbirds change their tune
Mark Whittingham, Newcastle University Wind turbines are a leading source of green energy which could supply 12% of the world’s energy by 2020. But their…
Beef or fish, Madam? Soon you might not have the choice
Kenny Black, Scottish Association for Marine Science The amount of aquaculture produce worldwide – including farmed fish and shellfish – has now overtaken global beef…
A lab-stage mRNA vaccine targeting ticks may offer protection against Lyme and other tick-borne diseases6
Andaleeb Sajid, National Institutes of Health The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea A new laboratory-stage mRNA vaccine…
Glyphosate pesticide does not cause mortality in bumble bees
by Pensoft Publishers Glyphosate is the most commonly used pesticide in the world, and is widely used in agriculture. While glyphosate has been deemed ‘bee-safe’ by…
Scientists convert plastic waste into vanilla flavoring
By Yasemin Saplakoglu June 18, 2021 In the future, your vanilla ice cream may be made from plastic bottles. In the future, your vanilla ice cream may…
Diversified agriculture enhances ecosystem services and maintain yields
by Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences November 5, 2020 Increasing diversity in crop production systems benefits ecosystem services and biodiversity without compromising crop yields. An…
Drought is forcing farmers in Colorado to make tough choices
November 6, 202112:01 PM ET NINA KRAVINSKYTwitterLISTEN· 10:5010-Minute ListenDOWNLOADEmbed Not long ago, the red sandstone walls of the Dolores River Canyon in southwestern Colorado towered over…
Talking dinosaur invades UN to give climate change speech in bizarre, yet brilliant, new video
By Harry Baker 10/28/2021 “Don’t choose extinction,” warns the CGI creature. A talking CGI dinosaur just gave an impassioned speech about climate change to world leaders in a new UN…
A quick guide to climate change jargon – what experts mean by mitigation, carbon neutral and 6 other key terms
Wändi Bruine de Bruin, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences As a major U.N. climate conference gets underway on Oct. 31, 2021, you’ll…
4 key issues to watch as world leaders prepare for the Glasgow climate summit
Rachel Kyte, Tufts University Glasgow sits proudly on the banks of the river Clyde, once the heart of Scotland’s industrial glory and now a launchpad…