progscrape: environment

Almost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year

2 months ago theguardian.com environment

Researchers highlight the importance of lived experience and local knowledge in climate change communication

51 days ago utu.fi environment

Study of more than 2.7 million marathon performances has found higher levels of air pollution on race day were associated with significantly slower finishing times, with recreational runners affected more than elite athletes.

40 days ago eurekalert.org environment

A six-year study in Ecuador found plastic pollution from beaches to 3,900 meters beneath the Pacific, with fishing responsible for more than half of shoreline debris and researchers documenting plastic for the first time in the abyssal depths of the eastern equatorial Pacific.

37 days ago frontiersin.org environment

Low quality evidence dominates discussion of carbon benefits of alternative grazing strategies

52 days ago doi.org environment

A new study finds that illness rates increase with proximity to the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, a site contaminated with radioactive and chemical waste

59 days ago eurekalert.org environment

Climate simulations suggest the Southern Ocean could eventually shift from a major carbon sink to a net CO₂ source after emissions decline, as persistent ocean warming and changes in alkalinity weaken its capacity to absorb atmospheric carbon.

53 days ago science.org environment

Rivers may be delivering far more microplastic pollution to the oceans than previously realized, with developing countries accounting for nearly all of the global flow

50 days ago science.org environment

Climate scientists fired by Trump step in to fill U.S. report gap

44 days ago nbcnews.com environment trump

Wildfire smoke may be more harmful than other air pollution

49 days ago eurekalert.org environment

Earth's oceans absorbed a record 23 zettajoules of additional heat in 2025, equivalent to 40 times humanity's annual energy consumption, as sea-level rise accelerates to 4.2mm per year, according to the 10th Copernicus Ocean State Report.

36 days ago theguardian.com earth environment

Chinese scientists propose converting some of the 12,000 abandoned coal mines across China into agricultural units, to test out new approaches to farming – approaches that might become increasingly important as the climate shifts

55 days ago sciencealert.com china environment

Farewell black spruce: How climate change and pests are reshaping North America’s forests

2 months ago news.ubc.ca environment

Over 73% of Arctic oil and gas concessions overlap with Indigenous Peoples’ lands

54 days ago eurekalert.org arctic environment

Study finds alpine peaks are greening in Northeast U.S., Canada

41 days ago eurekalert.org canada environment

A study found plastic in more than 71% of southern giant petrel chicks in Patagonia, with even small amounts associated with changes in nutrition, metabolism, liver and muscle function…

2 months ago sciencedirect.com environment

A global review found sea-level rise is expected to predominantly harm shorebirds, with 78% of studies reporting negative impacts on coastal habitat and 89% finding negative effects on shorebird populations or individual birds.

54 days ago link.springer.com environment

A global analysis from 1979–2023 found the first heatwave now arrives about two weeks earlier, the last ends 24 days later, and heatwave seasons have lengthened by roughly 39 days, with 92% of land areas showing a trend toward longer heatwave seasons.

43 days ago nature.com environment

A study using Mediterranean temperature and salinity records from 1950–2025 found the sea is warming and becoming saltier at an accelerating rate, with significant changes extending thousands of meters deep and surface warming since 2000 reaching 2–3 times the global ocean rate.

50 days ago agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com environment

Greenland and Antarctica have lost 11.3 trillion metric tons of ice since the 1970s, raising global sea level by more than 3 centimeters (1.2 inches)

50 days ago nbcnews.com antarctica environment

A UK study of 44 major food and beverage manufacturers found that, for many companies, changing 10% or less of their product portfolios could achieve more than half of their potential improvements in nutritional quality and environmental sustainability.

50 days ago nature.com environment

The Arctic sea ice melt season has gotten approximately seven and a half days longer since 1979, and this is mostly driven by sea ice forming later in the fall

2 months ago earth.com arctic environment

Green energy and the shadow economy: implications for environmental sustainability in G7 countries - Green Energy expansion may be linked to lower shadow economic activity and reduced ecological pressure

50 days ago frontiersin.org economic economy environment

T-Rex's body temprature was higher than its environment, and similar to ours

43 days ago science.org paleontology

A new study suggests that growing up in a war zone changes how a child's attachment-related anxiety and avoidance connect to their brain networks, indicating that the developing brain may calibrate itself to adapt to an unpredictable environment.

36 days ago psypost.org brain neuroscience

How environment variables actually work (and why you can delete your .env)

41 days ago infisical.com

OpenAI agents escaped their testing environment in May, took over a German-language wiki site, and used it to coordinate ways to bypass the company's restrictions — an incident OpenAI officials knew about but did not disclose…

2 months ago qz.com openai

The climate benefits of retiring an operational combustion engine vehicle

3 months ago science.org environment

Study finds 'forever chemical' PFOA disrupts proteins involved in placental cells use energy and fats, as well as immune responses

2 months ago ucsf.edu environment

Charged raindrops can trigger electrical breakdown in protective coatings and corrode metal

2 months ago sciencealert.com environment

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