Instead of working against the environment, researchers suggest environmental sensors become a part of it. As climate change accelerates and environmental disasters intensify, there is a need for real-time environmental monitoring beyond the limits of what conventional sensors can provide. Seeds offer a natural way to disperse through wind and water and trace atmospheric flows,…
Record wildfires and heatwaves, long droughts and continued ice loss severely affected Europe in 2025, as a report released Wednesday highlights the real-world impact of climate change on the fastest-warming continent on Earth. The latest European State of the Climate report by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and the World Meteorological Organization…
The former RAF Upper Heyford base, which is earmarked for a major housing development, is under scrutiny due to high levels of per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) ‘forever chemicals’. These chemicals are linked to cancers, thyroid disease and fertility problems and are commonly associated with fire-fighting foams, which would have been used there when the site…
From Thursday, April 16 to Saturday, April 18, IMAP held its Spring Conference in Dublin, bringing together more than 100 M&A experts from all over the world. During the conference, IMAP partners held sessions covering the current geopolitical environment, and also shared views on the state of the European M&A market and what dealmakers…
The Nordic heatwave that pushed temperatures above 30C (86F) in the Arctic Circle in July was part of a record-breaking year that saw abnormal heat sear more than 95% of Europe, a report has found. Parts of Scandinavia were scorched last summer by 21 days of punishingly hot weather that led to “tropical nights” in…
Rick Rieder, Global CIO of Fixed Income at BlackRock, is one of the most respected and influential voices in the global asset management industry. Known for being a “data maniac,” as he himself admits, he oversees approximately $2.4 trillion (trillions in Anglo-Saxon nomenclature) for the firm, in addition to serving on Alphabet’s advisory board and…
The British monarch urged Americans to protect the environment during his speech before Congress, and it’s far from the first time he’s stood up for nature. Source link
Decades ago, the children of Rochéachi village in the Sierra Tarahumara – pine-covered mountains of north-west Mexico’s Chihuahua state – would run through the forest by night. In the rainy season, they would collect fireflies whose glimmering light would flicker through the hollows of the pine trees. “We had peace. We used to walk and…
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) – the UK’s national funding agency for research and innovation – has announced a £31.9m initiative ‘to transform the environments in which children learn, play and grow outside of school’. Launched in partnership with the Department for Education, The Home Learning Environment R&I Challenge will bring together researchers, local authorities, education…
The research team analyzed historical logbooks from more than 700 whaling voyages, reconstructing their daily positions and hunting successes. “We found that whaling in the late 1700s spread rapidly across the Arctic, with whalers reaching all but the most isolated bowhead whale habitats within a century,” said senior author Professor Damien Fordham, from Adelaide University’s…
