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Apr 25, 2020

A new method of detecting patches of floating macroplastics - larger than 5 millimetres - in marine environments has been made. The approach, which uses data from the European Space Agency Sentinel-2 satellites, is able to distinguish plastics from other materials with 86% accuracy.

biology biomedical/environmental/chemical engineering earth science ecology/environment oceanography pollution/remediation technology/engineering/computer science

Futurology

Jan 29, 2020

Scientists find far higher than expected rate of underwater glacial melting. The findings, which challenge current frameworks for analyzing ocean-glacier interactions, have implications for the rest of the world's tidewater glaciers, whose rapid retreat is contributing to sea-level rise.

climate change earth science ecology/environment geography geophysics/gravity hydrology/water resources oceanography robotry/artificial intelligence temperature-dependent phenomena

Futurology

Nov 30, 2019

Amazon fires may enhance Andean glacier melting. Black carbon or dust alone had the potential to increase annual glacier melting by 3-4%; or by 6% when both were present. If dust concentrations were high, dust alone had the potential to increase annual melting by 11-13%

biology ecology/environment

Futurology

Jun 17, 2019

Between 2001 to 2015, 160 million hectares of forest were lost in the tropics due to human activities, threatening primate species with extinction. Researchers find that 50% or more of this habitat loss was due to global consumer demand for commodities

agricultural production/economics biodiversity biology ecology/environment

Futurology

May 23, 2019

Study predicts shift to smaller animals over next century. The researchers predict the average (median) body mass of mammals specifically will collectively reduce by 25 per cent over the next century.

earth science ecology/environment geography

Futurology

Apr 27, 2019

New research shows 75% of the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to central Florida will be highly vulnerable to erosion and inundation from rising tides by 2030, negatively impacting many coastal species' nesting habitats.

biology climate change climate science ecology/environment marine/freshwater biology temperature-dependent phenomena

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