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Only 7% of Europe’s original area of peatlands remain. What’s more: their climate boundaries are shifting. An international study led by Wageningen University as part of the WaterLANDS project analyzed the current distribution of peatlands […]

Billions of alkaline-loving microbes could offer a new way to protect nuclear waste buried deep underground. This approach overcomes the limitations of current cement barriers, which can crack or break down over time.This post was […]

The carbon cycle in our oceans is critical to the balance of life in ocean waters and for reducing carbon in the atmosphere, a significant process to curbing climate change or global warming.This post was […]

Social justice must be at the heart of global restoration initiatives—and not “superficial” or “tokenistic”—if ecosystem degradation is to be addressed effectively, according to new research.This post was originally published on this site

Women, juveniles, and ICE detainees in correctional facilities in five Gulf Coast states are vulnerable to threats from extreme heat, flooding, and hurricanes, a Yale School of the Environment study found. Despite the threats, many […]

Picture this: You’re looking to buy a place to live, and you have two options.This post was originally published on this site

Norwegian municipalities are collecting more and more data on how what they do affects the natural world, but do not always know what to do with it. They wade in green facts, but continue to […]

A new study led by Prof. Duan Weili from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences emphasizes the importance of selecting appropriate datasets for global soil moisture research. […]

If you look up at the sky on a clear day, chances are you’ll notice thin, white clouds—also known as contrails—following behind airplanes.This post was originally published on this site

When Cyclone Ditwah made landfall on November 28 2025, Sri Lanka experienced one of its deadliest environmental disasters in modern history.This post was originally published on this site