North America has 10 million kilometres of overhead power lines, and when vegetation come into contact with one, it can be like tinder to a flame.
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How to Adapt to Climate Change, and How Not To
With the impacts of climate change increasing around the world, efforts to adapt human infrastructure and practices might seem to be an unalloyed good.
Survey: Tourists’ Long-Term Plans More Uncertain Under Climate Change
North Carolina State University researchers found in a new study that while many tourists visiting a mountain destination in southern Mexico wouldn’t change their near-term plans to visit due to climate change, more than two-thirds said they would or might change their plans by 2060 under more drastically changed conditions.
Paper drinking straws may be harmful and may not be better for the environment than plastic versions
'Eco-friendly' paper drinking straws contain long-lasting and potentially toxic chemicals, a new study has concluded.
Paper cups are just as toxic as plastic cups
Replacing single use plastic cups with paper ones is problematic. Researchers show that a paper cup that ends up in nature can also cause damage as they also contain toxic chemicals.
Could Microplastics in Soil Introduce Drug-Resistant Superbugs to the Food Supply?
Like every industry, modern farming relies heavily on plastics.
New Study Examines Historical Drought and Flooding on the Amazon River
Extreme floods and severe droughts on the Amazon River have occurred more frequently in the last 40 years.
Sweet Corn Yield at the Mercy of the Environment, Except for One Key Factor
A new analysis from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the USDA-Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has identified the top factors accounting for yield variability in processing sweet corn (used for canned and frozen products), including one within the control of processors.
2023 Global Heat Wave: July brought the hottest three weeks observed so far
The first three weeks of July 2023 have been the hottest global three-week period so far. Researchers report that the European population's exposure to heat was highest in Italy.
Bonobos grow similarly to humans
Parents with children in adolescence know this all too well: one minute 'the little ones' are just up to your shoulder, and all of a sudden, they're growing over your head. Until now, it was assumed that such pubertal growth spurt in body length only occurs in humans, but not...