environmental-science

A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, September 6, 2026 thru Sat, September 12, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (10 articles) Satellite images of penguin droppings reveal impact of antarctic warming Penguin colonies are so large that their masses of excrement can be seen from sp…

Plastics are everywhere in the modern world, and they're notoriously bad for the environment, but a new plastic could be easier to break down.

From the book Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change (by Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, and Daniel Kelly), p. 5: In the US, at the time we're writing this book, per ...

The transportation sector is one of the largest sources of global emissions, accounting for around 23% of energy-related CO₂ emissions worldwide. While electric vehicle adoption is increasing, replacing the millions of existing internal combustion engine vehicles on the road remains a slow process. In the United States alone, vehicles on the road have an average […] The post This Startup Is Retro…

The Indian and Pacific oceans have been climatically linked for centuries, but scientists say that connection is now breaking down in an exceptional way. Ancient climate records suggest volcanoes disrupted the relationship in the past, while today human-caused warming appears to be driving a much more unusual shift.

Scientists have engineered yeast to turn PET plastic and agricultural waste into ingredients for protein-rich, 3D-printed cookies called µBites. Developed partly for NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge, the system can produce proteins, fats, vitamins, and even vanilla flavoring from waste materials. Researchers hope the unusual technology could eventually help address both plastic pollution and food…

A record-sized iceberg separated from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, creating one of the Arctic’s most unusual ice events in years. Researchers followed its path as the massive iceberg moved into open waters.

Western Australia’s enormous iron-rich rock formations may contain more than valuable iron ore. New research from Edith Cowan University suggests these ancient rocks could also generate hydrogen naturally underground, raising the possibility of a new low-emission energy resource. The study was published in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy under the title “Geometry-driven controls on […

Scientific Reports, Published online: 13 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-71545-8 A hybrid drought index prediction framework under climate change scenarios by equipping index fusion with an individual artificial intelligence method

On the night of Feb. 22, 1998, tornadoes tore through Central Florida while most of the region slept. By dawn, 42 people were dead; to date, it is the deadliest tornado outbreak in the state’s history. Nearly all those who died lived in the same kind of housing: mobile homes and RV parks around Kissimmee, […]

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

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What was written off as a wasteland has become a test case for whether enough money and vision can restore an ecosystem to its former abundance.

A solar farm designed to fight climate change became an unexpected refuge for an endangered owl when scientists discovered that panels cast the perfect shadow for ground-nesting predators to hunt.

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.