Agriculture and fossil fuels are driving record-high methane emissions
Africa and Asia have seen releases of the heat-trapping gas surge
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Birds fed a common pesticide lost weight rapidly and had migration delays
Sep 2019
Neonicotinoid insecticides have previously been implicated in declining bee populations
Birds fed a common pesticide lost weight rapidly and had migration delays
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Desalination pours more toxic brine into the ocean than previously thought
Jan 2019
The supersalty water is a by-product in producing potable water
Desalination pours more toxic brine into the ocean than previously thought
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Fossil fuel use may emit 40 percent more methane than we thought
Feb 2020
The finding could help in targeting how and where to reduce this climate-warming gas
Fossil fuel use may emit 40 percent more methane than we thought
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Microwaving an insecticide restores its mosquito-killing power
May 2023
Heating deltamethrin allows it to kill mosquitoes resistant to its usual form.
Microwaving an insecticide restores its mosquito-killing power
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A new seasoning smells like meat thanks to sugar — and mealworms
Aug 2022
New research aims to help people get past the ick of eating insects
A new seasoning smells like meat thanks to sugar — and mealworms
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Satellites make mapping hot spots of ammonia pollution easier
Jan 2019
Animal feedlots and other sources of the gas can lower air quality
Satellites make mapping hot spots of ammonia pollution easier
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A tweaked yeast can make ethanol from cornstalks and a harvest’s other leftovers
Jul 2021
The process could tap underused sources of renewable fuels
A tweaked yeast can make ethanol from cornstalks and a harvest’s other leftovers
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A U.S. oil-producing region is leaking twice as much methane as once thought
Apr 2020
Satellite data show that more than twice as much methane is leaking from a vast U.S. oil- and natural gas-producing region than previously estimated. From May 2018 to March 2019, a European Space Agency satellite measured an average of 2.7 teragrams of methane emitted each year from the Permian Basin, which spans more than 160,000 square kilometers in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico. Previously, ground-based estimates of the methane leaked from the region’s oil and gas activities were about 1.2 teragrams per year.
A U.S. oil-producing region is leaking twice as much methane as once thought