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Earth Day often calls to mind the environmentalists and activists leading the charge for a sustainable planet. But researchers like Leonardo Schultz and José Maria Cardoso da Silva at the University of Miami College of […]

In a research letter published in the journal Science, researchers from the UTS Center for Technology in Water and Wastewater write that wildfires can contaminate drinking water distribution systems, posing substantial and escalating public health […]

Many national and corporate climate targets seek to limit global warming to 1.5°C. Yet, global warming continues to increase. This makes it almost inevitable that 1.5°C of global warming will be exceeded.This post was originally […]

The Tijuana River has been plagued with raw sewage and industrial waste from Tijuana for decades, fouling beaches along the U.S.-Mexico border with polluted water and sending foul odors drifting through communities in San Diego […]

In the latest Gallup survey, 48% of respondents said global warming will pose a “serious threat” to them or their way of life during their lifetime—the highest share recorded since 1997, when the question was […]

The use of solar power is growing rapidly, especially in developing regions in the tropics, as countries work toward meeting carbon neutrality goals. But according to new research, solar power use is also accompanied by […]

Thunderstorms are rare in the cold, dry Arctic, but a surprising event in August 2019 has scientists rethinking how these storms form in polar regions. A team of researchers from the University of Science and […]