Soil contains about twice as much carbon as the atmosphere and plants combined.
A New Estimate of U.S. Soil Organic Carbon to Improve Earth System Models
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AI Writing, Illustration Emits Hundreds of Times Less Carbon Than Humans
With the evolution of artificial intelligence comes discussion of the technology's environmental impact.
Coastal Dunes on the March
Coastal transgressive dunefields are on the march in South Australia – retreating inland from an angry ocean at an alarming rate.
Discovery Could End Global Amphibian Pandemic
A fungus devastating frogs and toads on nearly every continent may have an Achilles heel.
For Mining in Arid Regions to be Responsible, We Must Change How we Think About Water, Say UMass Amherst Researchers
A research team led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in collaboration with the University of Alaska-Anchorage and Columbia University, has conducted the widest-ever hydrological tracer analysis of the Dry Andes region in Chile, Argentina and Bolivia, home to the majority of the world’s lithium deposits and other elements, such as copper, critical to the green energy transition away from oil and toward electricity.
Challenges for Blue Whale Populations
The largest living animal, the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) which averages about 27 metres in length, has slowly recovered from whaling only to face the rising challenges of global warming, pollution, disrupted food sources, shipping, and other human threats.
