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Publication date: December 2026 Source: Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 233 Author(s): Aveline Cloitre, Victor Dos Santos Paulino

This post examines a very short web page snippet that displays only the headings “State Zip Code Country” and nothing […]

The search is on for natural sources of hydrogen that could potentially fast-track humanity to...

‘If we don’t excavate it in the next couple of years it will be gone forever so we will lose all of that information’

The label says 100% cotton. Is it? Labels shouldn't mislead, but sometimes they do. That's why Lynen goes beyond the label. EU inspectors found that 37% of tested garments weren't made of what their labels claimed. Lynen gives you more information before you buy, including verified fiber content, how fabrics hold up over time, and what different materials might mean for your skin. White Label Clo…

Nature Communications, Published online: 12 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-77501-4 Human-driven environmental change is reshaping ecological communities worldwide. Analysing 4,748 sites across 129 studies, we show that formerly common species decline disproportionately compared to rare species in marine and terrestrial assemblages.

A powerful Super El Niño is currently taking shape within the vast waters of the Pacific Ocean, threatening to alter […]

Torrential rains and powerful storms recently struck the northern province of Mazandaran in Iran, triggering widespread flash flooding. The sudden […]

President Donald Trump is weakening environmental regulations in the name of speeding up the construction of AI data centers, raising health risks for Americans, a cadre of former EPA officials said this week in a briefing and new report. They are urging - perhaps futilely - the president to adopt a "Data Center Health Protection […]

Wildlife officers in Colorado were forced to euthanize an 18-year-old black bear after plastic bags and wipes caused a fatal digestive blockage. The post Colorado Bear Euthanized With Trash in Intestines as Food Scarcity Drives Record Conflict appeared first on Outside Online .

A new publication in Water Resources Research ( Tiwari and Mascaro, 2026 ) provides a new national data set to help decision-makers identify areas most suitable for capturing and storing floodwater, supporting long-term water security. The authors estimated how often large floods occur throughout the United States and how much water they provide, including fro areas without river monitoring stati…

Scientific Data, Published online: 12 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41597-026-08288-8 A dataset of drought-induced tree mortality in Canada’s boreal forests from 1970 to 2020

Farmers, ranchers, and food leaders will gather at Climate Week NYC to explore ways to help farms and ranches thrive. The post At Climate Week NYC, Farmers Look Toward a Stronger Future appeared first on Food Tank .

Michigan’s Norwich Plains is a stretch of unbroken wilderness in the state’s Upper Peninsula dominated by northern hardwood forest, with sugar maples and old-growth aspens that provide habitat for endangered species like the eastern gray wolf and the American martin.  There are beaver ponds, meadows and miles of trout streams that can all be seen […]

Our relatively stable global climate is governed by an incredibly complex set of factors, all...

Wastewater is more than waste. It contains diverse microorganisms that may offer valuable tools for green biotechnology. Our review explores how wastewater-derived probiotic bacteria can support the sustainable biosynthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles and their potential antimicrobial applications.

Researchers from Aarhus University and the Danish Technological Institute have taken a new approach in the search for enzymes capable of breaking down some of the most difficult types of plastic to recycle. They collected millions of bacteria from a landfill in Kenya, Randers Regnskov Tropical Zoo, the guts of larvae and a compost heap […]