Environment - The Deeping

Sep 11, 2023

Analysis of the stationarity and correlation of the global temperature and carbon dioxide time series

The rapid and ongoing phenomenon of global warming has negativelyimpacted both the Earth’s environment and its inhabitants. Time series and regression analysis techniques play a significant role in weather forecasting and the interpretation of climate data. One of the key characteristics of time series analysisis stationarity.Methods: In this article, we explore how detrending

Sep 6, 2023

The urgency of transitioning to a carbon-neutral future

In an epoch of fleeting digital soundbites and the transience of 24-hour news cycles, one narrative looms large and persistent: the inexorable march of global warming. A topic once the purview of ecologists has now percolated into boardrooms, political chambers, and public discourse. But why is this transition to a carbon-neutral future of

Sep 6, 2023

How extreme heat affects human health: A research roundup

by Naseem S. Miller, The Journalist’s Resource July was the Earth’s hottest month on record, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, a program of the European Union. Extreme heat not only strains water, energy and transportation infrastructure, and affects crops and livestock, it also impacts human health. Many people don’t take heat

Sep 5, 2023

Space junk in Earth orbit and on the Moon will increase with future missions − but nobody’s in charge of cleaning it up

An artist’s rendering of debris floating through Earth’s orbit. Petrovich9/iStock via Getty Images Chris Impey, University of Arizona There’s a lot of trash on the Moon right now – including nearly 100 bags of human waste – and with countries around the globe traveling to the Moon, there’s going to be a lot

Sep 5, 2023

On a mission to beat plastic pollution

Oftentimes they imagine a scientist being a crazy person in a lab suit, but then they themselves have been scientists As part of the German PlasticPiratesEU team, Tim and his colleagues have devised an innovative way to get students and teachers from schools around Germany and beyond to help gather information about the

Aug 28, 2023

Climate litigation is on the rise around the world and Australia is at the head of the pack

Jacqueline Peel, The University of Melbourne Australians relish being at the top of international league tables in sport. But few would know we’re a global champion when it comes to using the courts to hold governments and companies to account on climate change. A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme found

Aug 10, 2023

Can You Smell Me Now? How ’Bout Now?

Ocean acidification is going to do all sorts of weird things to animals’ sensory perception. Dungeness crabs hunt by flicking their chemical-detecting antennae to and fro. Sensing the water—the underwater equivalent of sniffing the air—is a well-trod strategy for homing in on potential prey. But that timeless tactic appears to be at risk,

Aug 10, 2023

Displaced from Home and Sheltered in an Extreme Environment

Millions of people, displaced from their home countries, take refuge in areas that are highly vulnerable to extreme weather. Qaabata Boru left his home in Ethiopia on a nearly 1,500-kilometer journey to Kenya as a political refugee. Upon arriving at the Kakuma refugee camp, he learned of the worrying conditions faced by its

Aug 8, 2023

Kenya’s logging ban has been lifted – it’s a political decision and a likely setback for conservation

A scout from Kenya’s forest protection unit walks past mangrove tree stumps in Malindi. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images Lisa E. Fuchs, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) Kenyan president William Ruto has lifted a six-year ban on logging, despite public objections. Ruto said it would create jobs and boost

Aug 8, 2023

The technology behind deep-sea mining

On the ocean floor, robots will gather the rocks and suction pipes, and hydraulic lifts will transport these to a surface vessel. Renewable energy targets and the infrastructure needed to achieve them have created a high demand for certain metals and minerals, including critical metals. Since the bottom of the world’s seas and

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