Environment Archives - Page 34 of 35

Melting glaciers are causing widespread impact beyond rising sea levels

Sep 10, 2016

Melting glaciers are having an impact on Earth’s landscape more complex than, and sometimes counter to, the effects of rising sea levels. While the effects of rising sea levels are becoming more widely known an...

Obama announces 40 million-dollar aid plan for island nations to cope with climate change

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Sep 10, 2016

Environment, Science, World

President Obama has announced a plan to provide 40 million in aid for island nations threatened by rising sea levels and climate change. Obama announced the plan while speaking from the remote Midway Atoll cora...

Study suggests relationship between industrial pollution and Alzeimer’s

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Sep 7, 2016

Environment, Health, Science

New research has shed light on the relationship between industrial air pollution and nanomagnetic particles in the brain. For almost 30 years, it was thought that magnetic particles occur naturally in the brain...

Rising sea levels beginning to impact US coast

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Sep 5, 2016

Environment, Science, World

Coastal towns in the US, mostly on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts have begun to be threatened by rising sea levels, turning abstract climate change predictions into urgent problems for cities to solve. In places ...

Fukushima ice wall plan attempts to end 5 years of flooding

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Sep 2, 2016

Environment, Science, World

In an effort to block the ongoing flood of groundwater into the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, the central government has embarked on an ambitious and expensive plan. The project, called the Land Side...

Nasa scientists stress unprecedented nature of warming trends

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Sep 1, 2016

Environment, Science

Top scientists at Nasa have noted that the current pace of global warming is unprecedented by any warming period in the last millennia, making it unlikely that temperature increases will remain under the 1.5 Ce...

Overfishing and territorial disputes create a dual threat for fishermen in the South China Sea

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Sep 1, 2016

Environment, Science, World

The dual threats of dwindling fish stocks and Chinese aggression have made life increasingly difficult for fishermen in the South China Sea. The area is one of the world’s most important fisheries, employing al...

Iceland develops method for carbon storing through mineralization

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Aug 22, 2016

Environment, Innovation, World

Iceland is now using its natural environment to turn greenhouse gases into solid rock, a process that normally takes centuries in the natural world. At a power plant Iceland, the transformation now takes a matt...

Landmark solar powered plane reaches New York City

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Aug 18, 2016

Environment, Innovation

A solar powered plane flew over New York City Friday night, after successful completion of the trans-American portion of its ongoing flight around the globe. The plane, called Solar Impulse 2, flew over the Sta...

Status report details global progress toward renewable energy

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Aug 10, 2016

Environment, World

A new global status report released by REN21, a global renewable energy policy network, states that 2015 surpassed a range of previous records in terms of global use of renewable energy. This included a surge i...