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10/11/2023

In addition to the Antarctic ice and the depths of the ocean, microplastics have also been found in clouds hanging atop two Japanese mountains, a new and concerning area for them to be located.

The alarmingly high concentrations of microplastic particles in the clouds surrounding Mount Fuji and Mount Oyama in Japan demonstrate how the pollution may travel great distances, tainting the planet's agriculture and water through "plastic rainfall."

It is believed that the plastic is producing greenhouse gases and forming clouds since it was so abundant in the samples that the researchers gathered.

Findings regarding clouds above Mount Fuji and Mount Oyama highlight how microplastics are highly mobile

10/10/2023

In order for clouds to form, water must condense on the surfaces of small particles.

Many chemicals, ranging from sea salt and dust particles to microplastics, can play a key role in cloud formation.

Researchers have now performed exact calculations that eliminate doubt regarding the amount of biological aerosols that contribute to this process above the Arctic.

The researchers discovered biologically generated particles while floating far above the atmosphere's gasses, dust, and water v***r. These comprised fructose as well as the sugar alcohols mannitol and arabitol, which accounted for more than 90% of all living particles during the summer.

The concentration of biological aerosols varied with the seasons. Temperatures above -15 °C, an ice nucleation temperature previously related to increased biological activity in the Arctic, resulted in the highest concentrations.

We've long understood that clouds require the surfaces of tiny particles for water to condensate on.

10/09/2023

Happy Thanksgiving Canada!

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10/06/2023

The Earth's atmosphere and oceans are warming, but so is the soil.
According to a new study, we have been underestimating the problem by focusing on rising air and water temperatures while ignoring the threat of heat waves beneath our feet.

However, in the new study, a group of researchers from throughout Germany collected soil-temperature data from a variety of sources, including meteorological monitoring stations, remote-sensing satellites, the ERA5-Land data reanalysis set, and simulations from Earth-system models.

The researchers discovered a higher trend in heat extremes within the soil than in the air above it at two-thirds of these sites.

The Earth is heating up, and not just its atmosphere and oceans.

10/05/2023

According to a climate thinktank, carbon emissions from the global electricity sector may peak this year after plateauing in the first half of 2023 due to a spike in wind and solar power.

According to a new assessment on global power generation, the rise of renewables was so quick that it came close to the very fast rate required if the world is to reach the tripling of capacity by the end of the decade that experts say is required to stay on the 1.5C route.

The findings show that the world is close to reaching the peak of global power sector carbon emissions, and that they may soon begin to fall in accordance with global climate targets.

Thinktank says rapid growth of wind and solar is near rate required if world is to hit 2030 target as part of 1.5C pathway

10/04/2023

Every year on October 4, the world celebrates World Animal Day with the goal of promoting animal rights and welfare.

This day brings the animal welfare movement together, mobilizing a global force to make the world a better place for all animals.

It gives everyone the opportunity to make a difference and raise awareness for any species of animal that lives on our world.

10/03/2023

According to a study of insect numbers in Germany, the weather has a significant role in the ups and downs of insect populations throughout Europe.

The anxiety about insects in Europe is largely the result of a 2017 study by de Kroon and his colleagues, which discovered a startling 76% drop in flying insect biomass in protected areas in Germany between 1989 and 2016.

A global "insect apocalypse" and widespread insect extinctions were predicted in response to these and other results.

Insects are certainly in peril, even though such figures may have been exaggerated. According to one analysis, the biomass of terrestrial insects has declined by about 11% year since the 1980s at sites all over the world.

Researchers have struggled to explain the precipitous decline in central Europe’s insect populations since the 1980s, but a new model suggests weather is to blame

10/02/2023

A new study reveals that the Gulf Stream is indeed diminishing, a conclusion that has significant ramifications for one of the planet's largest weather systems.

Four decades of data from the Florida Straits, including measurements of the amount of seawater moved across the area during that time, were examined by researchers from the University of Miami and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

They discovered that over the previous 40 years, Gulf Stream transit had dropped by roughly 4%.

The Gulf Stream really is weakening, a new study confirms: a finding which has profound implications for one of the biggest weather systems on our planet.

09/29/2023

Twelve, a startup company, produced its first batch of lower-emission jet fuel in its facility in Berkeley, California, over two years ago.

The company set out to create a synthetic fuel using energy, water, and carbon dioxide in an effort to substitute kerosene derived from fossil fuels and, hopefully, lessen the excessive greenhouse gas emissions associated with operating airplanes.

The production of Twelve's "E-Jet" fuel is currently scaling up to substantially higher levels.

The eight-year-old business just broke ground in Moses Lake, Washington, on a large-scale facility.

The facility will be the first of its kind in the nation to produce alternative jet fuel from CO2 and grid power once it is operational by the middle of 2024.




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09/28/2023

World Maritime Day is celebrated on the last Thursday in September.

It was first held in 1978 to mark the 20th anniversary of the International Maritime Organization Convention’s entry into force.

Celebrations are held throughout the world to focus attention on the importance of shipping safety, maritime security and the marine environment, and to emphasize a particular aspect of IMO's work.

09/27/2023

Many of the persistent chemical pollutants in industrial wastewater get up in rivers, streams, and irrigation systems because treatment plants cannot completely eliminate them.
Our food and water are contaminated as a result, and the biodiversity of these ecosystems is harmed.

However, many of the present methods for water filtration are pricy, costly in terms of carbon emissions, and even potentially toxic.

Scientists believe that tiny water fleas could have a significant impact on the safe filtration of pharmaceuticals, insecticides, and industrial pollutants from wastewater.

The researchers chose four species of water flea that ingest some of the toxins that public health experts are most concerned about, including the industrial chemical PFOS, the herbicide atrazine, the heavy metal arsenic, and the medicinal drug diclofenac.

Tiny crustaceans described as ‘the bioequivalent of a Dyson vacuum cleaner for wastewater’

09/26/2023

With each passing year, Antarctica is becoming harder to recognize.
Scientists have discovered blooming plants, moss, and algae spreading more widely than ever before on land, and the amount of floating sea ice has decreased to record low levels in the ocean.

Summertime temperatures have risen at the same time as these significant changes.

Currently, Antarctica and its surrounding islands are entirely covered in snow and ice, leaving just a small percentage of land suitable for flowering plants like Antarctic hair grass and Antarctic pearlwort.

In recent decades, warmer springs and summers have caused such plants to flourish, with growth rates rising by at least 20% from 2009 to 2018.

Antarctica is looking less and less recognizable with each passing year.