Category: Environment
Study suggests UK underestimates its methane emissions from oil and gas production; other countries probably do as well
by Glen Chua and Keely Swan, Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment, Princeton University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Methane is the second ... Read More
How Earth’s mineral weathering cleans our air
If a supervolcano burps out a choking cloud of carbon dioxide, even if the effects are deadly and devastating, Earth’s atmosphere will eventually return to ... Read More
New vessel deployed in fight to save near-extinct Mexico porpoise
The Seahorse vessel has been deployed by the Sea Shepherd conservationist group to help save the endangered vaquita porpoise in Mexico's Gulf of California. Conservationists ... Read More
Pallas’s Cats Inhabit Mount Everest Region, New Study Shows
At least two individuals of the Pallas’s cat (Otocolobus manul) live in Sagarmatha National Park, Mount Everest region, eastern Nepal, according to a genetic analysis ... Read More
Research explains strength of earthquake shaking in Nenana Basin
This map shows the Nenana Basin and Minto Flats fault zone in central Alaska.The color denotes the depth to the basin’s basement surface. The triangles ... Read More
Seaweed farming could really help the planet
Seaweed is way more than just a slimy plant that feels gross to swim through. It can truly do it all. It’s one of the ... Read More
A 600 square mile iceberg is floating free in Antarctica
There’s a new rogue iceberg floating around Antarctica. The almost 600 square-mile iceberg broke off of the Brunt Ice Shelf on January 22, according to ... Read More