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“#Chinese rivers and lakes swell perilously as summer flood season crests” Summer flooding has been an annual scourge since ancient times, typically focused in the vast and heavily populated Yangtze basin that drains central China Floods across central and eastern China have left more than 140 people dead or missing and are swelling major rivers…
“#Coronavirus masks, gloves polluting Europe’s rivers” Researchers found the kind of surgical gloves and disposable masks used to ward of COVID-19 along the banks and beaches of rivers across Europe Europe’s major rivers are littered with surgical masks and medical gloves discarded by people protecting themselves against coronavirus, scientists have reported. The rubbish adds to…
“#New models detail how major rivers will respond to changing environmental conditions” Credit: CC0 Public Domain From the Nile to the Mississippi and from the Amazon to the Yangzi, human civilization is inextricably linked to the great rivers along which our societies developed. But rivers are mutable, and the benefits they bestow can quickly become…
“#Deadly under-the-radar heatwaves ravaging Africa” Only two heatwaves in sub-Saharan Africa have been listed over the last 120 years in the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT), compared to 83 in Europe since 1980 The impacts of extreme heatwaves amplified by climate change are going unrecorded in sub-Saharan Africa, making it nearly impossible to detect patterns and…
“#Chicago air is dirtier this July than smog-choked Los Angeles” Credit: CC0 Public Domain After missing out on cleaner air during the coronavirus lockdown, the Chicago area just suffered its longest streak of high-pollution days in more than a decade. Nine consecutive days of bad air swept through the region amid an emerging scientific link…
“#Research: Crop plants are taking up microplastics” Large gaps between epidermal cells at the site of lateral root emergence. Credit: YIC Microplastics (MPs), i.e., tiny plastic particles less than 5 millimeters in length, can now be found throughout the ocean and other aquatic ecosystems, and even in our seafood and salt. As MPs have become…
“#Well-off countries need trade to cut environmental woes” A new study shows international trade can improve a developed nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, but sometimes at the expense of less developed countries. This ship moves through the Panama Canal. Credit: Sue Nichols, Michigan State University International trade wins and losses don’t just show up in the…
“#Social media inspired models show winter warming hits fish stocks” Mathematical modeling inspired by social media is identifying the significant impacts of warming seas on the world’s fisheries. Credit: The University of Queensland Mathematical modeling inspired by social media is identifying the significant impacts of warming seas on the world’s fisheries. University of Queensland School…
“#Keeping a steady eye on sea level change from space” Coastal areas around the world – such as the Zambezi River Delta shown in a Landsat 8 satellite image – are contending with the consequences of a warming planet including droughts and floods, in addition to changing sea levels. Credit: : NASA Over the course…
“#Air remains cleaner as post-lockdown traffic returns to normal, new research suggests” Credit: Scott Meltzer/public domain Air pollution is lower than expected in some of the UK’s towns and cities, despite a return to almost normal traffic levels, new research shows. Findings by the University of York show that while road traffic is getting back…