
Environment
Ponds made to control floods can spew climate-warming gases, study finds
Younger stormwater ponds can release more carbon in gases than they absorb, a study finds. That could aggravate global warming.
Younger stormwater ponds can release more carbon in gases than they absorb, a study finds. That could aggravate global warming.
Groundwater provides drinking water to billions of people and is used to water crops worldwide.
Los datos que demuestran esta relación entre las erupciones de este volcán griego y el nivel del mar se remontan al menos a 360,000 años.
En el informe de la ONU se vinculan directamente las temperaturas extremas, lluvias e incendios en todo el mundo con el clima cambiante de la Tierra.
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies exist only online. Yet the environmental impacts of their networks affect the real world.
Whether cash or credit, phone apps or digital currencies — all forms of payment have behind-the-scenes costs. And these can vary dramatically.
Data show a major class of long-used “eco-friendly” copper chemicals unexpectedly react with soil, making gases harmful to Earth’s protective ozone layer.
Pollution is any substance or form of energy released into the environment that is harmful to people or other living creatures.
From scientific innovations to climate change and weather, there’s plenty of science to be found among the feats of amazing athleticism.
Instead of warming the climate, methane gas can be collected to help farmers. Along the way, it may also save some fish.