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“#High levels of toxic flame retardant chemicals found in dust inside college classrooms” Credit: CC0 Public Domain There are good reasons to be worried about indoor air quality right now, in light of COVID-19. In addition to transmitting infectious agents, indoor spaces can also be a source of harmful chemicals in consumer products. A new…
“#NASA’s Terra Satellite provides clear picture of wind shear battering Omar” NASA’s Terra satellite provided a visible image to forecasters of Omar struggling against wind shear on Sept. 2 in the North Atlantic Ocean . Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). NASA’s Terra satellite provided a visible image that showed…
“#Comprehensive look at US fuel economy standards show big savings on fuel and emissions” The graph shows vehicle miles traveled versus fuel consumption from 1965 through 2018 in the United States. While travel increased significantly during that time, fuel use dropped due, in large part, to the fuel economy standards and the fuel efficiency technologies…
“#20% less water in Murray-Darling rivers than expected under Basin Plan” The report by eminent river scientists measured how much water actually flowed past 27 river gauges across the Basin. Credit: Shutterstock The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists have published a report that shows 20 percent of river water, expected under the Basin Plan, did…
“#Exploring the impact of climate change on energy systems at both a global and regional scale” Credit: Appolinary Kalashnikova, Unsplash Over the past few decades, scientists have become increasingly aware of the adverse effects that human activities are having on the environment and climate on Earth. These environmental and climatic changes have several consequences, impacting…
“#Climate change and the tyranny of psychological distance” A UNSW psychology professor wonders what will happen to people’s attitudes towards climate change if the coming summer’s bushfires are less severe than last summer’s. Credit: Shutterstock UNSW Sydney’s Professor Ben Newell has been researching climate change psychology for a decade and his work focuses on how…
“#New approach can improve monitoring of contaminants in groundwater” Credit: CC0 Public Domain A large international collaboration which included ANSTO has found that a combination of isotopic and conventional techniques can distinguish between multiple sources of contaminants impacting groundwater in complex environments. The outcome has provided a better means to characterize the nature and timing…
“#Amazon railroad plan unites unlikely allies in opposition” A vast soy bean field in in Campo Novo do Parecis, in Mato Grosso state, Brazil. The ‘Ferrograo’ is a controversial project of construction of a trans-Amazonian train in Brazil to speed up its huge grain exports. With his feather headdress and body paint, chief Beppronti Mekragnotire…
“#Record CO2 emissions for Arctic wildfires: EU” Uncontrolled forest fires across eastern Russia have sent more than half a billion tonnes of CO2 spiralling into the atmosphere since January, a record This year’s Arctic Circle wildfires, still ablaze, have already surpassed the record set in 2019 for CO2 emissions, adding to the carbon pollution humanity…
“#Aviation contributes 3.5% to the drivers of climate change that stem from humans” Climate forcings from global aviation emissions and cloudiness. Credit: Manchester Metropolitan University Aviation has been calculated to be 3.5 percent of all human activities that drive climate change, new research shows. A new international study provides unprecedented calculations of the impact of…