progscrape: environment

Research examined the locations of 4,283 data centers across the contiguous U.S and found that 97.5% of them sit inside metropolitan or micropolitan statistical areas

2 months ago engineering.nyu.edu environment

Takeaway cups release microplastics into your coffee: 12 times more plastic particles leached from single-use cups lined with biodegradable polylactic acid (PLA)…

58 days ago news.uq.edu.au environment release

Researchers have pinpointed the molecular players responsible for plants “feeling full” once they’ve taken up enough nitrogen.

2 months ago futurity.org environment

Large-scale U.S study finds no link between crime and unauthorized immigration

2 months ago socialecology.uci.edu environment

Study of 3414 children aged 6-9 years, has found that air quality improvements following the introduction of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) are strongly associated with improved lung growth

2 months ago qmul.ac.uk environment

‘Snow-eater’ heat waves are melting western U.S snowpack twice as fast

2 months ago cpr.org environment

Some trees are making air quality in cities worse: willows and poplars, widely planted in cities, release high levels of isoprene, a VOC that reacts with nitrogen oxides to form ozone

2 months ago nature.com environment release

Fire managers rely on pre-1849 conditions to guide wildfire decisions

2 months ago nature.berkeley.edu environment

Hawaii’s dolphin tourism boom may be taking a toll on spinner dolphins, study finds

2 months ago sfgate.com environment

A study found single-use paper cups release millions of micro- and nanoplastic particles when exposed to hot water, with biodegradable PLA-lined cups releasing about 12 times more plastic by mass than conventional polyethylene-lined cups.

54 days ago pubs.acs.org environment release