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Making the transition to a renewable energy future will have environmental and long-term economic benefits and is possible in terms of energy return on energy invested (EROI), UNSW Sydney researchers have found. Their research, published…

Credit: Sue Nichols, Michigan State University International trade wins and losses don't just show up in the stock market, but also on a nation's environmental sustainability scores, a new study in Nature Sustainability shows. In…

Large blocks of 'plug and play' genes play a super-sized role in adaption-and may help fill lingering gaps in Darwin's theoriesCredit: Credit: Nolan C. Kane, University of Colorado Boulder. Massive blocks of…

A proposal to rethink agriculture in the climate calculationsCredit: Per Frankelius The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) claims that agriculture is one of the main sources of greenhouse gases, and is thus…

Writing in the leading academic journal, Nature, Cranfield academics are calling for global resilience to be shaped around the 'Five Capitals' - natural, human, social, built and financial. The academics believe that too often silos exist…

Demand for bear and serow could precipitate 'conservation challenge,' authors say A new study of wildlife consumption in northern Laos by San Diego Zoo Global researchers found widespread use of products made from sun bears, Asiatic…

Credit: Joan de la Malla The study states that failing to encourage tourists to do more on behalf of wildlife represents a missed opportunity for conservation. "We argue that the combination of emotional engagement and…

Credit: © 2020 KAUST Prediction of storm surges and peak wave heights using advanced high-resolution modeling reveals the important role of offshore reefs in protecting coastal zones. The findings by KAUST researchers provide…

Credit: Cristian Echeverría "Through a counterfactual analysis, we showed that between 1986 and 2011 the incentives to afforestation in Chile caused an increase in forest plantations, but reduced the extent of native…

Colourful bugs look very different as young and adults, but why? Credit: Iliana Medina New research has revealed for the first time that shield bugs use a variety of colours throughout their lives to avoid predators.…

A key-role of central banks is to strive for financial stability. To assess climate destabilization risks, major central banks and supervisors plan to utilize a new set of climate scenarios developed by an international team of…

Bipartisan backing for carbon capture tax credits, extensive tree-planting efforts WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 23, 2020) - A majority of Americans (63%) continue to say they see the effects of climate change in their own communities, and 65%…

Credit: Credit: Ruoyu Sun and IDSSE-CAS Scientists have found that man-made mercury pollution has reached the bottom of the deepest part of the ocean - the Marianas Trench. This has significant implications for how mercury affects the…

Green energy investments have come to a halt during global crisis The short-term environmental benefits of the COVID-19 crisis, including declines in carbon emissions and local air pollution, have been documented since the early days of…

New website availableCredit: ARS-USDA TUCSON, ARIZONA, June 22, 2020--Putting honey bees into early indoor cold storage in October rather than November increases their chances of surviving the winter and the colonies emerge readier…

Poorly designed tree-planting campaigns could do more harm than good, according to Stanford researcher and othersCredit: Robert Heilmayr Campaigns to plant huge numbers of trees could backfire, according to a new study…

Credit: Photo courtesy Jim Best CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The livelihoods of millions of people living along the world's biggest river systems are under threat by a range of stressors caused by the daily economic, societal and…

Scientists' warning on affluence A group of researchers, led by a UNSW sustainability scientist, have reviewed existing academic discussions on the link between wealth, economy and associated impacts, reaching a clear conclusion:…

Many countries are failing to comply with the non-binding commitments of the Paris Agreement, making it increasingly clear that we have to reconsider how to ensure collective action to limit global warming to less than 2°C above…

Credit: Photo courtesy of Scott McWilliams KINGSTON, R.I. - June 18, 2020 - A research team led by a University of Rhode Island ornithologist had birds fly in a wind tunnel to simulate migration and found that birds that consume…