progscrape: environment

Harvesting rainwater from rooftops could help cities stay cool and cut the number of heatwave days

2 months ago manchester.ac.uk environment

Low-smoke fuels for residential heating linked to an increase in ultrafine particle emissions

51 days ago nature.com environment

A global study using more than two decades of observations from 156 sites found permafrost degradation accelerated between 2000 and 2024, with the seasonally thawed active layer thickening across much of the Arctic…

45 days ago nature.com arctic environment

The World Is Running Out of River Sand, And That's a Massive Issue

2 months ago sciencealert.com environment

No place on Earth is resilient to all global catastrophic risks, according to a review on nuclear winter, volcanic eruptions, pandemics, and infrastructure collapse

48 days ago onlinelibrary.wiley.com earth environment

Magnetically driven MXene–nickel microrobots bound and retrieved microplastics from laboratory water and soil samples

2 months ago nature.com environment

Rainfall across the US is increasingly coming from farther away

2 months ago uwyo.edu environment

A study found off-equatorial Pacific warming helped prevent La Niña from developing in 2024 by generating westerly winds that blocked cold ocean signals from spreading eastward, helping explain why most climate models incorrectly forecast stronger cooling.

41 days ago sciencedirect.com environment

Study find that in Portland, the areas most vulnerable to multiple climate hazards are historically underinvested neighborhoods marked by lower median incomes, lower education levels and higher racial diversity.

54 days ago pdx.edu environment

Review suggests insects shifting uphill to escape climate warming may face physiological limits from lower oxygen and air pressure, with flying insects and active juveniles particularly vulnerable, potentially constraining their ability to track suitable temperatures.

44 days ago besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com environment