Inactive Oil Wells May Be a Big Source of Methane Emissions
Geologist studies greenhouse gas emissions from uncapped, idle wells in Texas. Uncapped, idle oil wells could be leaking millions of kilograms of methane each year…
Geologist studies greenhouse gas emissions from uncapped, idle wells in Texas. Uncapped, idle oil wells could be leaking millions of kilograms of methane each year…
Negative Emissions, Positive Economy The long-term goals of the Paris Agreement — keeping global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius and ideally 1.5 C in…
Less than a decade after unveiling the “Map of Life,” a global database that marks the distribution of known species across the planet, Yale researchers…
Researchers assessing the impact of solar energy development across Europe have come up with ten ways in which the expansion of solar can be shaped…
Following the selection of the first Scout satellite mission last December, ESA has also given the greenlight to start negotiations with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd…
Boston University environmental expert says the Nintendo racing game has important lessons for social and economic programs that could benefit the world’s developing regions. Many…
It is an old-standing theory in evolutionary ecology: animal species on islands have the tendency to become either giants or dwarfs in comparison to mainland…
The risk is low that scientists could pass coronavirus to North American bats during winter research, according to a new study led by the U.S….
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have shown for the first time that animal DNA shed within the environment can be collected from the…
The origins of ice age climate changes may lie in the Southern Hemisphere, where interactions among the westerly wind system, the Southern Ocean, and the…
Plastics are one of the world’s largest polluters, taking hundreds of years to degrade in nature. A research team, led by YSE professor Yuan Yao…
Perhaps the best hope for slowing climate change — capturing and storing carbon dioxide emissions underground — has remained elusive due in part to uncertainty…
When power stations burn coal, a class of compounds called Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, or PAHs, form part of the resulting air pollution. Researchers have found…
A new study shows that if the population were fixed at current levels, the risk of population displacement due to river floods would rise by…
Scientists at University of California San Francisco have detected 109 chemicals in a study of pregnant women, including 55 chemicals never before reported in people…
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have for the first time observed photochemical processes inside the smallest particles in the air. In doing so,…
In early 2020, data from satellites were used to show a decline in air pollution coinciding with nationwide lockdowns put in place to stop the…
Every minute of the day we throw away 3 million face masks. Many end up as potentially toxic micro- and nanoplastic or carriers for other…