#environmental-science — Public Fediverse posts

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen are studying the ancient stone jars on the Plain of Jars in Laos as miniature, 2,000-year-old freshwater ecosystems.
#Ecology #Limnology #EvolutionaryBiology #EnvironmentalScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/08/eco08312601.html

Scientists Capture First Molecular-Level Images of Water Reorganization During a Reaction Crucial for Life

BYLINE: By Karyn Hede Newswise — RICHLAND, Wash. — Some of nature’s most important chemical reactions rely on the coupled…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #AllJournalNews #AU #Australia #chargetransfer;Water;X-rayimaging;x-rayabsorptionspectroscopy #chemistry #Energy #EnvironmentalScience #nature #Newswise #PacificNorthwestNationalLaboratory #Physics
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/874838/

How a student turned waste glass into an ‘oyster home’ and won Rs 1.2 lakh award https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/17939/ #ArtificialOysterReefs #EnvironmentalScience #FloridaStudentDelaneyPeterson #MarineConservation #MarineLife #OysterBar #OysterBars #OysterHabitat #OysterHouse #OysterHouses #OysterReefRestoration #OysterReefs #OysterRestaurant #OysterRestaurants #OysterRestoration #RecycledGlass

Anthropogenic climate change is disproportionately exposing children to dangerous levels of humid heat, a trend that will escalate under projected global warming scenarios.
#Climatology #EnvironmentalScience #PublicHealth #Pediatrics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/08/as08272601.html

A single freeze-thaw cycle radically alters the physical structure and chemical fate of ferrihydrite, demonstrating that ice functions as an active geochemical reactor rather than a passive storage medium.
#Geochemistry #EnvironmentalScience #ClimateScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/08/es08272601.html

A severe drought in northern Kenya fundamentally altered the livelihoods, nutrition, and cultural norms of the Daasanach, a pastoralist community, shifting them away from traditional livestock herding.
#Anthropology #BiobehavioralHealth #EnvironmentalScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/08/anth08252601.html

Using natural ecosystems and local wildlife populations, specifically bats and birds, to control insect pests on crops and reduce reliance on chemical pesticides.
#Agroecology #FunctionalAgrobiodiversity #EnvironmentalScience #AgriculturalScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/08/agri08242601.html

A novel aviation biofuel synthesized from discarded coconuts using a co-solvent method, which can be blended with conventional jet fuel (Jet A-1) without compromising engine performance.
#Bioengineering #ChemicalEngineering #Thermodynamics #EnvironmentalScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/08/beng08202601.html

A rapid global warming event 304 million years ago demonstrates how modest initial temperature increases can trigger massive methane release from thawing permafrost, creating a severe positive feedback loop that accelerates global warming.
#Paleoclimatology #Geosciences #EnvironmentalScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/08/as08172601.html

Targeted marine cloud brightening weakens subsequent El Niño

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adx3012

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49316685

#HackerNews #marinecloudbrightening #ElNino #climatechange #environmentalscience #scientificresearch

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Glaciers on the Climate Dashboard

https://climate.metoffice.cloud/glaciers.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49275132

#HackerNews #Glaciers #ClimateDashboard #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalScience #GlobalWarming

Master Gardener program continues to benefit volunteers, communities https://www.allforgardening.com/1927683/master-gardener-program-continues-to-benefit-volunteers-communities-4/ #agriculture #EnvironmentalScience #GardeningNebraska #MasterGardener;Horticulture;soilHealth;CommunityService;pestManagement;volunteerTraining;plantSelection;Pollinators #Nebraska #Newswise #plants #UniversityOfNebraskaLincoln

Environmental science (Earth sciences 🌍)

Environmental science is an academic field that integrates the physical, biological, and mathematical sciences to study the environment and solve environmental problems. It uses an integrated, quantitative, and interdisciplinary approach to analyze environmental systems and emerged from the fields of natural history and medicine during the Enlightenment. It is c...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_science

#EnvironmentalScience #EarthSciences

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Three new papers using caves as hydrological observatories

A short post, highlighting three papers published in recent weeks that I have had the fortune of contributing to. All use networks of drip loggers in caves to record water movement from the surface to the water table.

First, led by Akhilesh Kumar at UNSW Sydney, is a satellite remote sensing study. Can we use satellite-derived products, such as rainfall, vegetation characteristics and soil moisture, to understand when recharge events might occur? Using a network of cave drip loggers in SE Australia, the paper ‘Investigating correlative & causal drivers of precipitation-driven groundwater recharge occurrences in southeastern Australia’ gives the answer. Find out more here (Open Access) in the Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies.

Second, led by Kashif Mahmud and Rowann Remie at Midwestern State University in the USA, uses another network of cave drip loggers, this time distributed throughout Natural Bridge Caves in Texas. The paper, ‘Heterogeneity of karst water movement revealed through cave drip hydrology’, tackles the question of the controls on water movement in karstified limestone. What is more important control on the variability of water movement – depth below surface, geology, or something else? You can read more here (Open Access) in Frontiers in Water.

Third, led by Danyang Sun at UNSW Sydney, uses time series analyses to conceptualise water movement in karstified limestones using a network of drip loggers in SE Australia. Her paper, ‘Classification and Conceptualization of Karst Recharge Processes Through Spectral and Change Point Analysis of Drip Water Dynamics’ is just published in the journal Water Resources Research, and you can read it here (Open Access).

The references:

Sun, D., Baker, A., Andersen, M.S., McDonough, L.K., Shanafield, M.S and Kumar, A., 2026. Classification and Conceptualization of Karst Recharge Processes Through Spectral and Change Point Analysis of Drip Water Dynamics. Water Resources Research, 62, e2025WR042816.

Mahmud, K., Remie, R,, Gary, M., Price, J.D., Katumwehe, A., Vauter, B. and Baker, A., 2026. Heterogeneity of Karst Water Movement Revealed Through Cave Drip Hydrology. Frontiers in Water, 8, 1892078.

Kumar, A., Baker, A., Andersen, M.S., Timms, W., Fisher, A.G. and Sun, D., 2026. Investigating correlative & causal drivers of precipitation-driven groundwater recharge occurrences in southeastern Australia. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 66, 103547

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This technology efficiently converts carbon dioxide from unpurified industrial flue emissions directly into carbon monoxide, a primary building block for synthesizing fuels and chemicals.
#ChemicalEngineering #MaterialsChemistry #EnvironmentalScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/08/chm08032601.html