When are heat waves climate change’s fault?

When is a heat wave just a heat wave, and when is it climate change? New research digs into a 2023 heat wave as a test case.

Tracey Peake-NC State • futurity
Oct. 29, 2024 ~4 min

How guilt and shame control environmental decisions

A new study contributes to a deeper understanding of how emotions of guilt and shame influence people's everyday environmental decisions.

U. Copenhagen • futurity
Oct. 21, 2024 ~6 min


Plastic junk sounds like tasty food to some whales

Animals like whales that hunt in the dark depths of the ocean using sonar may not be able to tell junk from squids, researchers find.

Karl Bates-Duke • futurity
Oct. 21, 2024 ~5 min

‘Forever chemicals’ may last more than 40 years in groundwater

"We expect groundwater PFAS contamination to be a multi-decade problem, and our work puts some specific numbers behind that."

Tracey Peake-NC State • futurity
Oct. 14, 2024 ~5 min

Mussels inspire sticky way to clean up plastic waste

Researchers have bioengineered mussel-inspired sticky microorganisms to help break down plastic waste.

Marcy DeLuna-Rice • futurity
Oct. 8, 2024 ~5 min

Humans can’t adapt fast enough for climate change

Humans cannot adapt fast enough to keep up with climate change at the rate it's happening today and in the future, researchers say.

U. Arizona • futurity
Sept. 30, 2024 ~8 min

Catalyst breaks down drugs polluting water

"This work presents a low-cost, broadly applicable, safe, and sustainable solution for purification of pharmaceutical-contaminated waters..."

Carnegie Mellon • futurity
Sept. 26, 2024 ~7 min

Bat collapse led to higher infant mortality rate

Researchers have discovered that when insect-eating bats died, farmers increased pesticide use—leading to more than 1,000 infant deaths.

U. Chicago • futurity
Sept. 16, 2024 ~4 min


Humans and animals will overlap on nearly 57% of Earth by 2070

The human-wildlife overlap is expected to increase across more than half of Earth’s land by 2070, researchers report.

U. Washington • futurity
Sept. 12, 2024 ~8 min

Expert: Rising global temps are the ‘new baseline’

Cities around the world are becoming unbearably hot, putting workers, the young, and older adults at risk. Experts say it's a "new normal."

Robert C. Jones Jr. - U. Miami • futurity
Sept. 10, 2024 ~8 min

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