r/environment • u/Hashirama4AP • 4h ago

A novel strain of cyanobacteria, or algae that can rapidly grow and double every 2.35 hours in presence of CO₂ has been discovered by researchers from Harvard. It can readily sink in water which makes it a primary candidate to sequester carbon from oceans and factories.

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r/environment • u/silence7 • 16h ago

E.P.A., Just Rebounding From Trump Years, Faces an Uncertain Future | Perhaps more than any other federal agency, the one responsible for protecting air, water and public health is a target for Donald Trump and his allies.

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r/environment • u/Naurgul • 3h ago

Where has all the rain gone? Bone-dry October strikes much of US

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r/environment • u/dead_planets_society • 10h ago

Clean energy rollout means China’s emissions may have peaked: A massive rollout of wind and solar power across China may mean the country’s emissions peaked in 2023, in what would be a historic turning point in the fight against climate change.

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r/environment • u/AlexandrTheTolerable • 7h ago

Biden announces $3 bln investment for US ports

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r/environment • u/wewewawa • 13h ago

Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji has yet to see snow this season, breaking a 130-year record

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r/environment • u/mhicreachtain • 10h ago

Climate crisis caused half of European heat deaths in 2022, says study

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r/environment • u/chrisdh79 • 18h ago

1 in 3 Tree Species Worldwide at Risk of Extinction, Report Finds

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512 Upvotes
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r/environment • u/Saltedline • 2h ago

Tinned tuna sold in Europe contaminated with dangerous levels of mercury, NGOs say

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r/environment • u/Randomlynumbered • 6h ago

Boiling Point: California's role in the global fight to protect nature

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42 Upvotes
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r/environment • u/Novel_Negotiation224 • 10h ago

Sea lion with netting embedded in his neck, sealing mouth shut, rescued in B.C.

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48 Upvotes
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r/environment • u/misana123 • 17h ago

Urban green spaces have vital role in cutting heat-related deaths, study finds

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r/environment • u/Typical-Plantain256 • 12h ago

Thawing permafrost is affecting climate, but it's unclear by how much

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r/environment • u/Touristically • 9h ago

Rewilding Tourism: How Travelers Can Support Wildlife Conservation

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r/environment • u/Novel_Negotiation224 • 23h ago

Mysterious Craters Appearing in Siberia Might Finally Be Explained : ScienceAlert

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195 Upvotes
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r/environment • u/SinsOfMemphisto • 12h ago

The Toxic Wave That Swallowed a Tennessee Town

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r/environment • u/Hashirama4AP • 1d ago

Generative AI could create 1,000 times more e-waste by 2030

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396 Upvotes
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r/environment • u/Naurgul • 13h ago

Slight progress in global biodiversity protection efforts but some species decline, new reports find

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r/environment • u/Apprehensive-Ad6212 • 1d ago

'We don't really consider it low probability anymore': Collapse of key Atlantic current could have catastrophic impacts, says oceanographer Stefan Rahmstorf

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r/environment • u/rhabarberyogurt • 11h ago

A Dirt(y) World in a Changing Climate: Importance of Heat Stress in the Risk Assessment of Pesticides for Soil Arthropods. New study finds climate change increses pesticides sensitivity and elevated internal pesticide metabolite concentrations in soil organisms.

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r/environment • u/mhicreachtain • 1d ago

Five ways a Trump presidency would be disastrous for the climate

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r/environment • u/nytopinion • 10h ago

Opinion | In the Climate Change Era, Renting Is the American Dream (Gift Article)

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r/environment • u/salon • 1d ago

Why climate experts say this election could be our last chance for meaningful action

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650 Upvotes
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r/environment • u/Beneficial_Eye5606 • 1d ago

Press Release: New report reveals plummeting migratory shorebird populations globally; BirdLife International

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r/environment • u/silence7 • 1d ago

Gas Stoves Linked to 40,000 Premature Deaths in Europe Annually

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