#Rain pounds central Japan as 61 feared dead in south

“#Rain pounds central Japan as 61 feared dead in south” Rains have inflicted widespread damage across southwest Japan, causing rivers to burst their banks and hillsides to collapse Torrential rain pounded central Japan Wednesday as authorities said 61 people were feared dead in days of heavy downpours that have triggered devastating landslides and terrifying floods….

Read More

#Climate crisis causing families to shun farmers for arranged marriages

“#Climate crisis causing families to shun farmers for arranged marriages” by Komali Kantamaneni, Komali Yenneti, Louis Rice and Luiza C Campos, The Conversation </p><div> <div> <div data-src=”https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2020/4-climatecrisi.jpg” data-sub-html=”Credit: Nandhu Kumar/Unsplash, FAL” data-thumb=”https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2020/4-climatecrisi.jpg”> <figure><img alt=”Climate crisis causing families to shun farmers for arranged marriages” height=”480″ src=”https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800/2020/4-climatecrisi.jpg” title=”Credit: Nandhu Kumar/Unsplash, FAL” width=”800″></img><figcaption> Credit: Nandhu Kumar/Unsplash, FAL </figcaption></figure></div>…

Read More

#Is the ski industry self-destructive?

“#Is the ski industry self-destructive?” Snowmaking in Obertauern, Austrian Alps. Credit: Arne Müseler March 5th. The government of Iceland was the first to declare Ischgl ski resort, in the Austrian Alps, a coronavirus risk area after a group of Icelandic skiers returned home infected. Nicknamed the “Ibiza of the Alps,” Ischgl is a hub for…

Read More

#New method estimates risks of hormone-disrupting substances in drinking water

“#New method estimates risks of hormone-disrupting substances in drinking water” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a new method that can make it easier for public authorities to assess the health risks of hormone-disrupting chemicals in the environment. The method was used to evaluate the risk associated with exposure data from…

Read More

#The complex relationship between deforestation and diet diversity in the Amazon

“#The complex relationship between deforestation and diet diversity in the Amazon” Commercial agriculture, such as palm oil and cocoa plantations, is expanding along the Amazonian forest frontier. Credit: © CIAT Ten years ago, non-indigenous households from three communities in the Ucayali region in Peru regularly ate fish, wild fruits, and other products collected from the…

Read More

#Climate change turning US mountain lakes green with algae

“#Climate change turning US mountain lakes green with algae” The concentration of algae in two remote mountain lakes more than doubled in the past 70 years Global warming is turning clear mountain lakes green in the western United States because of an increase in algae blooms “without historical precedent”, researchers reported on Tuesday. The concentration of algae…

Read More