. Scientific Frontline: Environmental
Showing posts with label Environmental. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Environmental. Show all posts
Monday, January 26, 2026

Arctic seas are getting louder as ice melts, posing risks

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Photo Credit:  Наталья Коллегова Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary Main Discovery : Current international regulatory fra...

Manganese Helps Reduce Agricultural Nitrogen Pollution in Air, Water

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Photo Credit:  Dylan de Jonge Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary Main Discovery : The addition of manganese to agricultur...
Saturday, January 24, 2026

Conservation may not be enough to sustain water supplies, researchers find

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The Colorado River wends through Marble Canyon, Arizona, north of Phoenix — one of three western U.S. cities in a study published in the jou...
Friday, January 23, 2026

Wood burning in homes drives dangerous air pollution in winter

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Northwestern research has found that residential wood burning accounts for more than one-fifth of Americans’ wintertime exposure to outdoor ...

Wood, coal, and kitchen fumes: The sources of Sarajevo’s smog have been identified

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André Prévôt is a scientist in the PSI Center for Energy and Environmental Sciences. Together with researchers from eight countries, he reve...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

U.S. forests are locking in major carbon emissions

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Forest ecosystems help keep the environment stable as the amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere increases. Photo Credit:  ...
Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Old diseases return as settlement pushes into the Amazon rainforest

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Yellow fever cases have begun to rise, spilling over the expanding border between the forest and urban areas. Photo Credit:  Thiago Japyassu...
Monday, January 19, 2026

Freshwater browning threatens growth and populations of economically important fish

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Smallmouth bass Image Credit: Scientific Frontline / stock image Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary Main Discovery : Fres...
Saturday, January 17, 2026

What Is: Invasive Species

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline / stock image Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary The Core Concept : Invasive ...
Thursday, January 15, 2026

Long-term pesticide exposure accelerates aging and shortens lifespan in fish

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Notre Dame biologist Jason Rohr Photo Credit: Barbara Johnston/University of Notre Dame Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summar...

Study Finds Ocean Impacts Nearly Double Economic Cost of Climate Change

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A mangrove in Laguna del Cacahuate, Tabasco, Mexico. Photo Credit: Octavio Aburto Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary Main...

How climate change contributed to the demise of the Tang dynasty

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Climatic and sociocultural changes may have contributed significantly to the demise of the Tang dynasty by weakening border defenses. Image ...
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Plastic particles increase inflammation and cross barriers

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Lukas Kenner, visiting professor, Department of Molecular Biology. Photo Credit: Medizinische Universität Wien Scientific Frontline: "A...
Monday, January 12, 2026

New study reveals major gaps in global forest maps

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A Copernicus Sentinel-2B satellite map of South Sudan shows the tropical forests, swamps and grassland that comprise the majority of the cou...
Thursday, January 8, 2026

How light reflects on leaves may help researchers identify dying forests

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Trees at UNDERC Photo Credit: Barbara Johnston/University of Notre Dame Early detection of declining forest health is critical for the timel...

Arctic has entered a new era of extreme weather

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Cassiope tetragona killed by a rain-on-snow event. Photo Credit: R Treharne Extreme weather events have become significantly more common in ...
Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Oil residues can travel over 5,000 miles on ocean debris, study finds

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Petroleum residues can survive long-distance transport by adhering to floating debris, dramatically extending how far oil pollution can trav...

Recovering reef fish populations could nourish millions of additional people each year

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A new study led by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Assistant Professor Jessica Zamborain-Mason shows that rebuild...
Tuesday, January 6, 2026

How a persistent chemical enters our surface waters

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline / stock image PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are not called “forever chemicals” for...
Friday, January 2, 2026

Scientists discover what drives California's worst fire years

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Two natural resource specialists walk through an area of Redwood Mountain Grove burned in the KNP Complex Fire in California’s Sierra Nevada...