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Scientific Reports, Published online: 15 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-45035-w How the sausage is made: Testing the effectiveness of an informative video in promoting sustainable food consumption

Scientific Reports, Published online: 15 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-49163-1 Sunlight-activated carbon nanotubes for anionic dye removal: characterization, efficiency, and biological assessment against some aquaculture and human pathogenic bacteria

Scientific Reports, Published online: 15 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-43484-x Sustainable closed-loop supply chain management for a two-warehouse system with trade-credit and emissions constraints under dynamic demand

Hey everyone! I'm a fullstack development learner and I just finished building one of my most ambitious projects entirely from scratch — no templates, no copied code. I'm really proud of how it turned out and would love to share it with the dev community! It's called AtmoPulse — a real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) monitor for cities worldwide, built with a modern dark UI and interactive map. 🔗 Li…

From the Reef to the Laboratory: Uncovering Hidden Contaminants in India's Coastal Fisheries

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 13 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07821-9 Effect of clean energy on CO₂ emissions in G-20 countries using STIRPAT approach

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 13 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07921-6 Anticipatory climate litigation: A new role for climate science?

Rebalance Earth is investing in Broughton Sanctuary to generate financial, environmental and social returns From a high point on the hill, the North Yorkshire landscape unrolls below. The moorland above gives way to grassland, trees and then pasture, divided by the region’s traditional dry stone walls. The view may be idyllic, but it belies the condition of parts of this land, belonging to the sp…

Theatr Clwyd, Mold Emily White’s lyrical, if contrived, play is based on a real coastal village whose residents are being made climate refugees by rising sea levels In 2014, residents of Fairbourne in Gwynedd discovered the local council had decided that maintaining sea defences was longer be tenable. Instead, as part of a process of “managed retreat”, this small coastal Welsh village would be ab…

The system of ocean current that moves heat in the Atlantic Ocean plays a key role in regulating climate. Today’s monitoring of it may be discontinued Imagine we detect a large asteroid heading straight for Earth. We are able to intervene and prevent disaster, but instead we cut the funding needed to track it. A few million dollars, it was argued, was too expensive to have a chance to save societ…

California ends boat inspections meant to keep destructive golden mussels out of Lake Oroville, balancing a new risk analysis with the ongoing costs.

Last week marked the conclusion of our Spring 2026 semester, a diverse group of students and interns who spent the past four months studying environmental challenges, building cross-cultural relationships, and engaging in meaningful dialogue during a particularly challenging time in our region. Throughout the semester, our participants explored topics ranging from water management and renewable e…

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a new low-temperature approach to hydrogen production that could make the clean fuel cheaper and more practical to generate. The technique could be used both in large centralized facilities and in smaller local systems that take advantage of waste heat from major industrial operations. Hydrogen is the […]

As our world’s population grows, so does the demand for ammonia—a key ingredient in fertilizer. The International Renewable Energy Agency estimates that ammonia production must quadruple by 2050 to feed the increase in global population. The current gold standard process for producing ammonia is energy-intensive and a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions. Invented […]

Increase in road deaths amid rise of e-bikes prompts Houten to test willingness of freedom-loving cyclists to slow down As road deaths increase and cycle lanes overflow with e-bikes, the Netherlands is considering a cycling speed limit of 12mph (20km/h). The government has started a two-week trial in Houten, near Utrecht, to gauge whether freedom-loving Dutch cyclists are willing to slow down – a…

Scientific Reports, Published online: 14 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-54809-1 Drought influence on carbon assimilation and water use efficiency in Mediterranean ecosystems

Scientists in Switzerland have developed an innovative new material made from food industry waste that could help remove carbon dioxide (CO2) directly from the atmosphere more efficiently and at a lower cost. The research, led by scientists at ETH Zurich and published in PNAS, uses proteins extracted from waste products generated during dairy and tofu […] The post Scientists turn food waste into …

Nature Communications, Published online: 13 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-74155-0 A Gaussian process framework integrates neighbourhood EV registration data with regional scenarios to generate probabilistic local adoption forecasts with uncertainty estimates for electricity network planning.

Nature Communications, Published online: 13 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-74387-0 Okara, a major by-product of soybean processing, is generated at an estimated 140 million tonnes annually, with landfill disposal contributing to pollution and the loss of valuable organic resources. Conventional aerobic composting is land-intensive, slow, and associated with substantial greenhouse gas emissions…

Rare charcoal fragments from an ancient lakeshore campsite are offering new clues about fire use, resource management, and the environmental knowledge of some of humanity’s earliest fire users. Long before cities, farms, or written language existed, some of humanity’s ancestors had already discovered a resource that would transform the course of human evolution: fire. But [...]