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When John Kurz left Alaska’s North Slope in 2009, he was staring at a grim future for what had once been the country’s premiere oil field. Crude production had plummeted to 567,000 barrels per day, barely more than a quarter of the roughly 2 million barrels pumped daily at the field’s peak two decades earlier. The decline stoked concerns that the Trans Alaska Pipeline System, built to carry the s…

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has officially launched the second round of the Women Delegates Fund (WDF) Training Programme ahead of COP17, creating a major opportunity for women leaders from developing countries to strengthen their participation in global environmental negotiations. As preparations intensify for UNCCD COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, the initiati…

Carlo Petrini and Slow Food acolytes in Turin, 2016.   As a member of Slow Food USA, I received its notice about the death of its founder, Carlo Petrini, at age 76 in Bra, Italy. A visionary leader and public intellectual with a profound commitment to the common good, human relationships, and the natural world, […] The post RIP Carlo Petrini: a huge loss to the food world and to humanity appeared…

Ministry of Earth Sciences highlighted the growing role of artificial intelligence in strengthening ocean governance, maritime monitoring, and environmental resilience during the India AI Impact Summit 2026. The discussions reflected increasing global interest in using advanced technologies to improve management Read More ... The post AI strengthens ocean governance and maritime resilience first …

A 2026 study analyzed a 15-year lake dataset to fill critical knowledge gaps on how climate change influences lake dynamics in tropical mountain environments. The post Research Brief: Impacts of Climate Change and El Niño Southern Oscillation on Deep Tropical Mountain Lakes appeared first on Lake Scientist .

In a new plan, environmental groups call for a "water renaissance" in California, saying the state needs to invest much more in local water.

“I think it’s over there, to the right, but the grounds are so big I’m not sure where it is exactly,” says Anna Massong, director of technical services at Sceaux City Hall, as we study a map beside the grand iron entrance gates of the Lakanal School.  Built in the... The post The French City That Champions Its Trees appeared first on Reasons to be Cheerful .

In the decades following independence, some of the most ambitious architectural experiments in the world did not emerge through museums , monuments , or government palaces . They emerged through universities. Across South Asia and Africa , newly formed nations turned campuses into testing grounds for entirely new ways of imagining collective life. These campuses functioned as more than educationa…

Diclofenac (DCF) is a widely consumed anti-inflammatory drug, frequently detected in aquatic environments worldwide due to the limited removal efficiency of conventional wastewater treatment processes. This work investigates the valorisation of brewery waste into functionalized carbon-based materials to mitigate the entry of DCF into aquatic systems. Biochar (BC) was produced from spent brewery g…

Nature Communications, Published online: 25 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-73559-2 The study presents a rule-based emergency mechanism in the EU ETS that limits coal switching, reduces electricity price impacts, and enhances policy resilience and credibility during gas price surges.

Definition of green facilities made in 2022, before release of ChatGPT, says Action to Protect Rural Scotland A Scottish government policy designed to encourage datacentres to build in Scotland could lead to a massive volume of carbon emissions being ignored, according to an analysis by a Scottish charity. “Green datacentres” are at the heart of Scotland’s ambitions to develop economically. Enshr…

Policymakers, politicians and the media have been talking about the need for better water policy in the desert southwest of the United States for decades. As the Colorado River, a major source of water for much of that area, continu...

A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, May 17, 2026 thru Sat, May 23, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Policy and Politics (6 articles) What the US Would Lose If It Eliminates the National Center for Atmospheric Research 'I think there's a great loss for the wrong reasons. There's no good reason…

Scientific Reports, Published online: 24 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-53767-y Research on the application of deep learning-driven urban change detection in sustainable development of hilly-area cities in western China

Birmingham researchers have developed a new method for producing hydrogen fuel that costs less than existing approaches. Hydrogen has long been hailed as a key fuel for a low-carbon future, capable of powering everything from heavy industry to transportation without producing carbon emissions at the point of use. Yet there is a major contradiction at [...]

This research assesses the preparedness of the Albanian institutions to apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) to environmental monitoring through the lens of strategic investments as governed by Law No. 55/2015. Rather than depending on the collection of original data from the field, the assessment depends upon prior international reports and indexes in order to determine the present-day institution…

Better algorithms, hardware and computing methods can lower AI’s power drain The post How to Tame AI’s Voracious Appetite for Energy appeared first on Nautilus .