ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Ocean Waste Concern Among Adults Rise After Seeing Kids' Presentations

POLICY 04.16.2021 04:30 AM

Average adults - like voters and community leaders - tend to show more concern about plastic and other forms of ocean waste after watching kids' presentations.

97% of Earth's Land May No Longer Be Ecologically Intact [STUDY]

04.16.2021 03:43 AM

A new study reveals that most of Earth's land is no longer ecologically intact due to human activities that also led to habitat loss in many species.

Flooded With Waste: Bulgaria's Pollution Problem

AI Tool Uses Satellite Imagery to Find Pollution Hotspots

04.16.2021 02:30 AM

A new AI tool uses a combination of machine learning, satellite imagery, and weather data to autonomously find locations with heavy air pollution down to the exact city block.

Did More Than 2.5 Billion Tyrannosaurus Rexes Roam Around Earth? That’s a Lot of Teeth!

04.16.2021 02:27 AM

Experts said 2.5 billion Tyrannosaurus rex prowled North America over a couple million years or so, with maybe 20,000 at any given time.

Fighting Recession, Level of Deforestation in Brazil Reaches Nine Year High

Earth Day 2021: Rainforest Trust Releases "Seven Ways to Help the Environment"

04.16.2021 02:20 AM

This coming April 22 marks the 51st anniversary of Earth Day - an annual event for showing support for environmental protection. Nonprofit organization Rainforest Trust has released "Seven Ways to Help the Environment."

Phytoplankton Genes Used by Researchers to Monitor Ocean Conditions

04.16.2021 02:15 AM

A team of researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) has traveled the world to monitor oceans to assess the waters' conditions based on changes in plankton genomes.

Two Lions Tested Positive for COVID-19 in Pittsburgh Zoo

04.16.2021 01:15 AM

Two female lions at Pittsburgh Zoo is reportedly tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The zoo believes they contracted the virus from an asymptomatic staff.

Reports Indicate 2016 Was Hottest Year On Record

Google Earth Shares 37 Years of Climate Change Timelapse

04.16.2021 00:05 AM

Google Earth's latest feature, which shows the effects of climate change, was made from 24 million satellite images.

Science Times - World’s Whitest Paint: How Can This Science Invention Help Fight Global Warming?

World’s Whitest Paint: How Can It Fight Global Warming?

04.15.2021 22:57 PM

After scientists announced in October 2020 the invention of ultra-white paint that could be used to keep an entire building cool, they now produced what's described as the 'world's whitest paint' that could be used in the fight against global warming.