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Huffington Post

Critics Shred Chris Sununu Over His 'Truly Sad' Trump 180: 'All The More Pitiful'

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, who was recently a staunch critic of Donald Trump, changed his tune on the former president as he backed his 2024 campaign in an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on Sunday. “No other president in American history has contributed to an insurrection...

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New York Times - Climate Section

To protect Australia’s iconic animals, scientists are experimenting with vaccine implants, probiotics, tree-planting drones and solar-powered tracking tags. A veterinary nurse treats a koala infected with chlamydia at Currumbin Wildlife Hospital in Currumbin, Australia.Credit... Photographs and...

PHYS.ORG - Earth

Temperatures in Japan's northern city of Sapporo - famous for skiing - on Monday passed 25 degrees Celsius at the earliest point of any year on record, a weather agency official said. Sapporo, the main city on the island of Hokkaido, hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics and each February holds a snow...

Plastics production on the Gulf Coast is exploding. Here’s how to respond

Even as the world suffers a plastics glut, petrochemical companies are prolonging the 'plasticene era.' The Gulf Coast petrochemical industry, one of the most polluting industry complexes on Earth, has expanded in response to low natural gas prices. Source: Roschetzky Photography via...

PHYS.ORG - Earth

Switzerland, known for pristine countryside and snow-capped peaks, is facing scrutiny of its environmental policies after becoming the first country faulted by an international court for failing to do enough against climate change. The European Court of Human Rights's ruling last week...

PHYS.ORG - Earth

Switch to green wastewater infrastructure could reduce emissions and provide huge savings, new research finds

The comprehensive findings from Colorado State University were highlighted in Nature Communications Earth & Environment in a first-of-its-kind study. The work from the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering explores the potential economic tradeoffs of switching to green infrastructure and...

PHYS.ORG - Earth

Tropical forests can't recover naturally without fruit eating birds, carbon recovery study shows

Fruit eating birds such as the Red-Legged Honeycreeper, Palm Tanager, or the Rufous-Bellied Thrush play a vital role in forest ecosystems by consuming, excreting, and spreading seeds as they move throughout a forested landscape. Between 70% to 90% of the tree species in tropical forests are...

Skeptical Science

The June general election in Mexico could mark a turning point in ensuring that the country’s climate policies better reflect the desire of its citizens to address the climate crisis, with both leading presidential candidates expressing support for renewable energy. Mexico is the 10th-most...

Nature Climate Change

Forest restoration is fundamental to overcoming biodiversity crises and climate change. In tropical forests, animals can improve forest recovery as they disperse >70% of tree species. However, representing animals in restoration and climate change policies remains challenging because a...

Skeptical Science

Our story of the week is about adults in the room setting terms and conditions of good behavior. Here it's not parents telling children what to do but instead the widely adopted, mutually agreed system of coercive behavior modification we call "rule of law." Legislators providing courts of...

Fracking-Induced Earthquakes Are Menacing Argentina as Regulators Stand By

AÑELO, Argentina - Ana Guircaleo was deep in slumber when a thunderous crash jolted her awake. Guircaleo, 72, barely had time to register that her television was shattered into pieces on the floor when she felt the convulsing of the Earth beneath her bed. She bolted, half naked and terrified,...

Climate Engineering (Lockley - Playlist)

The Climate Emergency Forum hosts a discussion about the late Stephen Salter, a pioneering professor of engineering at the University of Edinburgh, and his work on marine cloud brightening (MCB) as a potential solution for mitigating global warming.\n\nThis video was recorded on March 27th,...

Just Have A Think

Pylons are ugly and nobody likes them! Filling up our countryside with thousands more of them to facilitate a massive electricity grid expansion is proving to be a very tricky challenge with lots of local opposition. But what if you could build your electricity grid out at sea and just bring...

PHYS.ORG - Earth

Scientists find vast numbers of illegal 'ghost roads' used to crack open pristine rainforest

In an article published in Nature, my colleagues and I show that illicit, often out-of-control road building is imperiling forests in Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea. The roads we're studying do not appear on legitimate maps. We call them "ghost roads." What's so bad about a road? A...

PHYS.ORG - Earth

Coastal communities need to prepare for simultaneous extreme weather events as heat waves increasingly overlap with surges in sea levels due to climate change, a study published on Thursday warned. Extreme heat and sea levels are typically monitored and studied individually but researchers from...

New York Times - Climate Section

The highly efficient devices are the darlings of the environmental movement. Here’s why. Heat pumps, which both warm and cool buildings and are powered by electricity, have been touted as the answer to curbing greenhouse gas emissions produced by homes, businesses and office buildings, which are...

Huffington Post

Biologists Rescue Sawfish As Dozens Of Ancient Animals Die For Unknown Reasons

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - A large sawfish that showed signs of distress was rescued by wildlife officials in the Florida Keys, where more than three dozen of the ancient and endangered fish have died for unexplained reasons in recent months. The 11-foot (3.3-meter) smalltooth sawfish was seen...

PHYS.ORG - Earth

Trump voters who reported experiencing an extreme weather event were more likely to vote in favor of a clean energy referendum than Trump voters who had not experienced such events. "Despite people's beliefs about climate change being human-caused, despite people's political...

Washington Post - Climate and Environment

At this climate fair, heat pumps, e-bikes and induction stoves take center stage

WASHINGTON - A loose line of people snaked from a doorway in the side of a cargo truck. One young boy wandered over to examine several bales of hay stacked nearby while others waiting craned their necks to get a peek inside. A small sign in the shape of a barn stuck over the open door read,...