A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recommends that the U.S. establish a nationally coordinated and expanded monitoring system to track plastic pollution in order to understand the scale and sources of the U.S. plastic waste problem, set reduction and management priorities, and measure progress in addressing it.
Read MoreBy using synthetic biology, scientists are working to isolate and cultivate strains of coral that can naturally withstand higher sea surface temperatures associated with climate change.
Read MoreA report by FAO’s Global Soil Partnership and its Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative, and the European Commission presents the state of knowledge on soil biodiversity, the threats to it, and the solutions that soil biodiversity can provide to problems in different fields.
Read MoreResearchers in Brussels will collect 10,000 samples of underground fungal networks over the next 18 months from around the world, using machine learning to seek out the most biodiverse hotspots and map global fungal networks.
Read MoreThe US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to propose enforceable limits on perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) in drinking water; replacing the EPA’s 2016 advisory level of 70 parts per trillion for these chemicals (individually or combined).
Read MoreIn the early part of the last century, Sir Winston Churchill made a prediction: “We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium”.
Read MoreExperts are reporting an estimated 50,000 monarchs at overwintering sites in California.
Read MoreResearchers at the University of Cambridge have created a cellulose-based glitter which is sustainable and biodegradable.
Read MoreA large Alaskan oil drilling project by oil giant ConocoPhillips called “Willow” has been shut down by a federal judge.
Read MoreThe team at Vireo shares how we are celebrating Earth Day this year, with contributions from the team: Jo Anne Shatkin, James Ede, Kimberly Ong, Megan Roberts, Shaun Clancy, Jerry Liu, Ana Diges, Patricia Hodgkinson, and Leslie Hockman.
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