The horizontal drilling method called hydraulic fracturing helps the United States produce close to 4 billion barrels of oil per year, rocketing the U.S. to the top of oil-producing nations in the world. The highly profitable practice comes with a steep price: For every barrel of oil, oil and gas extraction also produces about seven barrels ...
In the past few years, the idea of fashion rentals has caught on. In the U.S., market leader Rent the Runway has a plan that starts at US$159 per month through which you can rent up to 4 dresses at a time, with each item valued at up to US$3,000. But what makes fashion rentals ...
The use of sugarcane leaves, known as trash or straw, to produce electricity and second-generation (2G) ethanol has been advocated as a means of increasing bioenergy generation without expanding cropland acreage. However, a study conducted in Brazil and published in the journal BioEnergy Research shows that removing straw instead of leaving it on the ground ...
New research led by Newcastle University has shown that it is the volume of water used during the wash cycle, rather than the spinning action of the washing machine, that is the key factor in the release of plastic microfibers from clothes. Stop using the delicate wash cycle to help save our seas. Millions of ...
The latest findings, derived from the highly reliable data of NASA’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard the Aqua satellite, reveal the movement high in the atmosphere of carbon monoxide associated with fires in Brazil’s Amazon region. This time series maps carbon monoxide at an altitude of 18,000 feet (5,500 meters) from Aug. 8-22, 2019. ...
When it comes to climate change, moving people and development away from at-risk areas can be viewed, not as a defeat, but as a smart strategy that allows communities to adapt and thrive. That’s the case for carefully planned “managed retreat” made by three environmental researchers in an article published in the Policy Forum section of ...
A new study from The Australian National University (ANU) has shown the impact phosphate mining is having on our coral reefs. The study looked at coral reefs around Christmas Island, where there’s been extensive phosphate mining for around 100 years. Lead researcher Dr. Jennie Mallela says in areas near the island’s mining “hot spots,” the ...
For the first time, researchers at the University of Michigan have detected bromine atoms in the atmosphere, and in doing so, have confirmed the reaction pathway through which mercury is removed from the atmosphere and enters the ecosystem in the springtime Arctic. Mercury is a particularly toxic pollutant largely emitted through human activities such as ...
Scientists, led by the USF College of Marine Science, used NASA satellite observations to discover the largest bloom of seaweed in the world called the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt (GASB), as reported in Science. They confirmed that the belt of brown macroalgae seaweed called Sargassum forms its shape in response to ocean currents, based on ...
The U.S. military’s carbon footprint is enormous and must be confronted to have a substantial effect on battling global warming. Research by social scientists from Durham University and Lancaster University shows the U.S. military is one of the largest climate polluters in history, consuming more liquid fuels and emitting more CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) than ...
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