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China has admitted that the Three Gorges Dam has created a range of major problems that need solving quickly. Top leaders say the project has led to environmental problems and issues involving relocating 1.3m people. The Three Gorges is the world’s largest dam and could have cost up to $40bn. This appears to be the [...]
A new study has revealed that the soil on Mount Everest contains dangerous levels of arsenic and cadmium. Both heavy metals were found at levels higher than those the US Environmental Protection Agency considers acceptable, says Samantha Langley-Turnbaugh of the University of Southern Maine in Gorham. Langley-Turnbaugh’s student Bill Yeo collected soil and snow samples [...]
The ability to tell the difference between crystals that formed naturally and those formed by human activity can be important to archaeologists in the field. This can be a crucial bit of information in determining the ancient activities that took place at a site, yet archaeologists often wait for months for the results of laboratory [...]
Climate change is set to drive the spread of invasive plant and animals species, threatening forests, fisheries and crops, in a double blow to nature and livelihoods, a World Bank-funded report said on Friday. The study by Nairobi-based Global Invasive Species Programme says a warmer world, more extreme weather and higher levels of planet-warming carbon [...]
With the recent wild fires in Russia disrupting flights and increasing air pollution in Moscow, environmental quality is a growing factor in attracting tourists. Crisis events like fires and volcanoes, as well as general air pollution can put off visitors, as they become increasingly interested in the eco-credentials of their host nations. After all, who [...]
When it comes to selecting the right plant source for future cellulosic biofuel production, the solution won’t be one-size-fits-all, and it certainly doesn’t have to involve food and feed crops. In a “Perspective” article in the Aug. 13 edition of the Journal Science, researchers from the Energy Biosciences Institute suggest that a diversity of plant [...]
Red-hot magma spews from Italy’s Stromboli Volcano every 5 to 20 minutes thanks to tiny bubbles of magma that build up and pop a cork inside the volcano, according to a new study that forces some rethinking about how the historically eruptive mountain works. Stromboli fires when a sponge-like plug, similar to a cork in [...]