Futurity NewsEnvironment Earth has lots of wild spaces, but they’re fragilefuturity.org - Andy Fell-UC Davis Half of the Earth’s land surface not covered with ice remains relatively wild, research shows. However, many of these “low human-impact” areas are …
Futurity NewsEnvironment Humans are changing the genetic diversity of Earth’s animalsfuturity.org - Cynthia Lee-McGill Human population density and land use is changing animal genetic diversity, according to a new study. The findings, reported in the journal Ecology …
Futurity NewsEnvironment ‘Waves’ from the tropics slowed Arctic sea ice meltfuturity.org - Harrison Tasoff-UC Santa Barbara The long-term decline in arctic sea ice stabilized in the last few years due to fluctuations in the tropics, researchers report. Sea ice coverage in …
Futurity NewsCoal Lead isotopes reveal coal fly ash contaminationfuturity.org - Tim Lucas-Duke A new forensic tracer that uses lead isotopes to detect coal fly ash in dust and other solids, including soil and sediments. Fly ash is a fine …
Futurity NewsWater Shift away from coal saves billions of gallons of waterfuturity.org - Tim Lucas-Duke The ongoing transition from coal to natural gas and renewables in the US electricity sector is dramatically reducing the industry’s water use, a new …
Futurity NewsEnvironment South Atlantic humpback whales make a comebackfuturity.org - U. Washington A population of humpback whales in the South Atlantic has rebounded from the brink of extinction, researchers report. Intense pressure from the …
Futurity NewsEnvironment Tool predicts which nonnative insects will go roguefuturity.org - Michelle Ma-Washington Scientists have developed a way to understand how nonnative insects might behave in their new environments—including which might wreak havoc. About …
Futurity NewsClimate Change Uncertainty can actually boost trust in climate sciencefuturity.org - Melissa De Witte-Stanford The more specific climate scientists are about the uncertainties of global warming, the more the American public trusts their predictions, according …
Futurity NewsMethane Ocean info fills gaps in Earth’s ‘methane budget’futurity.org - Lindsey Valich-Rochester New research uses data science to determine how much methane goes from the ocean and into the atmosphere each year. To predict the impacts of human …
Futurity NewsEnvironment Nazi scientists created an alternative to DDT pesticidefuturity.org - Rachel Harrison-NYU DFDT, a fast-acting insecticide, has an alarming history, researchers report. “We set out to study the growth of crystals in a little-known …
Futurity NewsEnvironment Right whales ‘whisper’ to their kids to avoid predatorsfuturity.org - Tim Lucas-Duke As new moms, North Atlantic right whales “whisper” to their young calves to avoid attracting predators, according to a new study by The whales, which …
Futurity NewsEnvironment Get less stuff: ‘Green buying’ is still materialismfuturity.org - Alexis Blue-U. Arizona Materialism may influence us to choose “green buying” rather than not buying anything at all, research finds. Humans’ overconsumption of …
Futurity NewsClimate Climate change will make California wildfires even worsefuturity.org - Kevin Stacey-Brown The severity of wildfires in the Sierra Nevada region of California has been sensitive to changes in climate over the past 1,400 years, according to …
Futurity NewsCulture Climate change is coming for fishing, toofuturity.org - Matt Shipman-NC State Shoreline recreational fishing will likely be another casualty of climate change, according to new research. The study finds some regions of the US …
Futurity NewsCoal Coal ash rule would risk putting carcinogen in waterfuturity.org - Tim Lucas-Duke Proposed amendments to the federal 2015 Coal Ash Rule risk putting carcinogenic hexavalent chromium in water supplies across the country, preliminary …
Futurity NewsEnvironment How to predict extinction in our extreme ‘new normal’futurity.org - Talia Ogliore-WUSTL Faced with unprecedented change, animals and plants are scrambling to keep up—with mixed results. A new model helps predict what could drive species …
Futurity NewsEnvironment Device microwaves weeds in the fieldfuturity.org - Claudia Hooper-U. Melbourne A new device uses microwaves to control weeds, rather than herbicides. Placing some freshly picked nettles on a plate, Graham Brodie of the University …
Futurity NewsEnvironment Hiding spots and predators benefit reef fishfuturity.org - Matt Shipman-NC State Two factors play a critical role in supporting reef fish populations and—ultimately—creating conditions that favor the growth of both coral reefs and …
Futurity NewsEnvironment Big cities go green to fight against climate changefuturity.org - Jade McClain-NYU Cities are at the forefront fighting against climate change in a range of ways, according to a new article. In 2018, New York became the first US city …
Futurity NewsCorn Rotating corn and soybeans may take a toll on soilfuturity.org - Fred Love-Iowa State Rotating corn and soybeans could potentially contribute to long-term declines in soil organic matter, researchers report. A new study, published in …
Futurity News To fix food waste, we have to think biggerfuturity.org - Amy Quinton-UC Davis Focus on the big, structural issues that result in food waste, rather than exclusively blaming individual actions, say researchers. No one eats nearly …
Futurity NewsDeforestation What you need to know about the Amazon firesfuturity.org - NC State Thousands of fires continue to burn across the Brazilian Amazon. Since January, a staggering 121,000 fires have broken out across Brazil—and more than …
Futurity NewsEnvironment Gel-like fluid fights wildfires before they startfuturity.org - Rob Jordan-Stanford An environmentally benign gel-like fluid that helps common fire retardants last longer on vegetation could greatly reduce the incidence and severity …
Futurity NewsClimate Change Earth could warm even faster as climate change progressesfuturity.org - Jim Erickson-Michigan As climate change continues, the rate at which Earth warms could increase in the future, according to new simulations. Researchers used a …
Futurity NewsEnvironment Predators could be the antidote to unhealthy herdsfuturity.org - Brian Wallheimer-Purdue Predators might be the best solution to disease showing up in wild animal populations, according to a new study. The research shows that biological …
Futurity News How moral language helped Greta Thunberg make an impactfuturity.org - Harrison Tasoff-UC Santa Barbara The moral language in Greta Thunberg’s climate change speech at the United Nations may have added to its impact, researchers report. The 16-year-old …
Futurity NewsEnvironment Map shows global rise in farm animal drug resistancefuturity.org - Peter Rüegg-ETH Zurich Antimicrobial-resistant infections are on the rise in animals in low and middle income countries around the world, researchers report. The researchers …
Futurity NewsEnvironment What will the overhauled Endangered Species Act do?futurity.org - Rob Jordan-Stanford The most powerful tool for protecting animals and plants in the US lost some teeth September 26 when new rules changed the Endangered Species …
Futurity NewsParis Agreement Game theory predicts fallout of U.S. leaving Paris Agreementfuturity.org - Gregory Filiano-Stony Brook A new study uses game theory and greenhouse gas emissions data to predict the success of the Paris Agreement without United States …
