To track the sources of mercury pollution across wildlands in the U.S., scientists have turned to an unlikely indictor: dragonfly larvae.
Study Tracks Exposure to Air Pollution Through the Day
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Rice Lab Finds Faster, Cleaner Way to Extract Lithium From Battery Waste
The “white gold” of clean energy, lithium is a key ingredient in batteries large and small, from those powering phones and laptops to grid-scale energy storage systems.
Thousands of Birds and Fish Threatened by Mining for Clean Energy Transition
New research has found that 4,642 species of vertebrate are threatened by mineral extraction around the world through mining and quarrying, and drilling for oil and gas.
Can Glaciers Feed the Ocean?
You might imagine glaciers as vast, cold, and lifeless rivers of ice, but they’re far more dynamic and alive than we once thought.
AI Takes Flight to Revolutionise Forest Monitoring
Forests are often described as the ‘lungs of the Earth’, absorbing twice as much carbon as they emit, acting as carbon sinks (storing CO2 in their branches, roots and leaves).
UK Fee Leads to 80 Percent Drop in Plastic Bag Litter on Beaches
A survey of litter on British beaches has found an 80 percent drop in plastic bags over the last decade, which advocates say was brought about by a small charge added to disposable bags.
