Environmental News Network – Cuba’s Gulf of Guacanayabo
Sediments flowing into the bay from the Río Cauto have built up an impressive delta and even helped bury a reef. About one-quarter of the...
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Environmental News Network – The Latest Findings On The MOSAiC Floe
The New Siberian Islands were the birthplace of the MOSAiC floe: the sea ice in which the research vessel Polarstern is now drifting through the...
Environmental News Network – In the Arctic, Spring Snowmelt Triggers Fresh CO2 Production
Studies have shown the Arctic is warming roughly twice as fast as the rest of the world, and its soil holds twice the amount of...
Environmental News Network – South Pole Warming Three Times the Global Rate
The South Pole has warmed at a rate three times the global average over the last three decades, according to a new study in the journal Nature Climate...
Environmental News Network – Arctic Plants May Not Provide Predicted Carbon Sequestration Potential
The environmental benefits of taller, shrubbier tundra plants in the Arctic may be overstated, according to new research involving the University of Stirling. The environmental...
Environmental News Network – Global Threats: How Lessons from Covid-19 Can Prevent Environmental Meltdown
Epidemiologists highlighted the dangers of Covid-19 in its early stages, but their warnings went largely ignored until rising infection rates forced policymakers to take action....
Environmental News Network – Farewell Smooth Handfish: What Can We Learn From the World’s First Marine Fish Extinction?
Earlier this month, a group of Australian scientists confirmed a depressing landmark for our blue planet: the first marine fish of modern times has been...
Environmental News Network – Rising Water Temperatures Threaten the Reproduction of Many Fish Species
Every degree of ocean warming increases the pressure on fish stocks. Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)...
Environmental News Network – Changing Environment at Home Genetically Primes Invasive Species to Take Over Abroad
University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists have found that a constantly fluctuating environment can enable some species to invade new areas by helping them maintain the genetic...