Judith Weis, The Conversation Judith Weis, The Conversation Leave your feedback Microplastics are turning up everywhere, from remote mountain tops to deep ocean trenches. They also are in many animals, including humans. The most common microplastics in the environment are microfibers – plastic fragments shaped like tiny threads or filaments. Microfibers come from many sources,…
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Opinion | How to end plastic pollution on Earth for good
0ton of plastic Have been used in the U.S. since you opened this page OpinionHow to end plastic pollution on Earth for good Journalist Tatiana Schlossberg is the author of “ Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don’t Know You Have ” and writes the newsletter “ News From a Changing Planet .” Someday, if…
New IPCC report shows Australia is at real risk from climate change, with impacts worsening, future risks high, and wide-ranging adaptation needed – CSIROscope
Climatic trends, extreme conditions and sea level rise are already hitting many of Australia’s ecosystems, industries and cities hard. As climate change intensifies, we are now seeing cascading and compounding impacts and risks, including where extreme events coincide. These are placing even greater pressure on our ability to respond. While the work of adaptation has…
Cheetah cubs threatened by pet trade, global warming in Somaliland
The two starving cheetah cubs squeak and tug at their string leashes in the white dust of Somaliland, as a government vet pushes needles through the fluffy fur to drip-feed them liquid and nutrients, Reuters reports. Just around five months old, the baby cheetahs are dehydrated, stunted and so lacking in the calcium they would…
How climate change exacerbates conditions that can spawn lethal tornadoes | PBS NewsHour
The deadly tornado outbreak that tore through communities from Arkansas to Illinois on the night of Dec. 10-11, 2021, was so unusual in its duration and strength, particularly for December, that a lot of people including the U.S. president are asking what role climate change might have played – and whether tornadoes will become more…
