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Microplastics detected in clouds hanging atop two Japanese mountains | Air pollution | The Guardian
Microplastics have been found everywhere from the oceans’ depths to the Antarctic ice, and now new research has detected it in an alarming new location – clouds hanging atop two Japanese mountains. The clouds around Japan’s Mount Fuji and Mount Oyama contain concerning levels of the tiny plastic bits, and highlight how the pollution can…
Poison ivy seems to thrive under climate change : Shots – Health News : NPR
Peter Barron pulls out poison ivy vines in Harvard, Mass. Jesse Costa/WBUR hide caption Peter Barron pulls out poison ivy vines in Harvard, Mass. Over a decade ago, when Peter Barron started removing poison ivy for a living, he decided to document his work. “Every year I always take pictures of the poison ivy as…
All SMU undergrads to take a sustainability module from 2023, take one course in the field from 2024
SINGAPORE – All incoming undergraduates at the Singapore Management University (SMU) from 2023 get a foundational understanding of sustainability issues. This move will be expanded in 2024 to require all incoming undergraduates to attain an intermediate mastery of sustainability before graduation by completing at least one course in the field. This is part of an…
Greta Thunberg deletes a 2018 tweet that said humanity is going to be extinct by 2023 because of climate change
Recently, the infamous environment activist Greta Thunberg deleted an old 2018 tweet where she had said humanity would go extinct by 2023 because of climate change. She has not provided any explanation for deleting the tweet. It was available at least till March 7, 2023, as captured by Archive.org. The last capture of the tweet…
The ozone layer’s recovery is good news for climate change, too – The Washington Post
Restoring it is key for human health, food security and the planet. UV-B radiation causes cancer and eye damage in humans. It also damages plants, inhibiting their growth and curbing their ability to store planet-warming carbon dioxide. “Ozone action sets a precedent for climate action,” World Meteorological Organization Secretary General Petteri Taalas said in a…
Australia fights a highly destructive termite aided by climate change – The Washington Post
The destruction at Galaxy Auditorium restaurant at Wycliffe Well — a tiny highway stop calling itself the “UFO capital of Australia” — is the destruction that could lie ahead for many places on the continent unless mastotermes darwiniensis can be stopped. These termites are the last survivors of an ancestral species that shared space with…
Computer modelling predicts climate change causing cascading animal ‘co-extinctions’ – ABC News
Computer modelling has shown the variety of vertebrate animal species found in locations across the globe could be cut by 27 per cent by the end of the century. Key points: The simulation conducted on one of Europe’s most powerful supercomputers also found that one extinction caused a cascade of extinctions that have been coined “co-extinctions”….
‘Face it head on’: Connecticut makes climate change studies compulsory | Education | The Guardian
Starting next July, Connecticut will become one of the first states in America to mandate climate change studies across its public schools as part of its science curriculum. The new law passed earlier this year comes as part of the state’s attempts to address concerns over the short duration – and in some cases, absence…
Computer modelling predicts climate change causing cascading animal ‘co-extinctions’ – ABC News
Computer modelling has shown the variety of vertebrate animal species found in locations across the globe could be cut by 27 per cent by the end of the century. Key points: The simulation conducted on one of Europe’s most powerful supercomputers also found that one extinction caused a cascade of extinctions that have been coined “co-extinctions”….
