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The team of biologists surveyed select species around the world to determine how the hues of modern light-emitting diode (LED) lamps affect wildlife. They found that blues and whites are worst while yellow, amber and green are more benign. Some creatures, including sea turtles and insects, are especially vulnerable.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/uosc-cws061118.php


Intensifying river floods could lead to regional production losses worldwide caused by global warming. This might not only hamper local economies around the globe - the effects might also propagate through the global network of trade and supply chains
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/pifc-cft052518.php


Limiting global warming to 1.5°C could avoid around 3.3 million cases of dengue fever per year in Latin America and the Caribbean alone
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/uoea-lgw052518.php


Fires ignited by lightning have and will likely continue to increase across the Mediterranean and temperate regions in the Southern Hemisphere under a warmer climate
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/psu-cci053018.php


Sunny California may be getting too sunny. Increasing summer temperatures brought on by a combination of intensifying urbanization and warming climate are driving off once common low-lying morning clouds in many southern coastal areas of the state, leading to increased risk of wildfires, says a new study.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/teia-hid053018.php


Changing our lifestyles and the way we travel could have as big - if not more of an impact on CO2 transport emissions, as electric vehicles and the transport technology revolution, according to new Oxford University research.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/uoo-ktc053018.php


Hazardous chemicals such as bromine, antimony and lead are finding their way into food-contact items and other everyday products because manufacturers are using recycled electrical equipment as a source of black plastic
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/uop-rep052918.php


The wealthiest areas of the world will experience fewer changes in local climate compared to the poorest regions if global average surface temperatures reach the 1.5°C or 2°C limit set by the Paris agreement, according to new research.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/uom-gwh052918.php


A truck kicking up dust as it speeds down a dirt road is a typical image in country music videos. But this dust from unpaved roads is also an environmental and health hazard. To prevent dust clouds, some states treat dirt motorways with oil and gas wastewater. Now one group reports in Environmental Science & Technology that this wastewater contains harmful pollutants that have the potential to do more harm than good.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/acs-oag052518.php


Policymakers are being misinformed by the results of economic models that underestimate the future risks of climate change impacts, according to a new journal paper by authors in the United States and the United Kingdom, which is published t4 June 2018.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/lsoe-ems053118.php


Plastic nanoparticles - these are tiny pieces of plastic less than 1 micrometre in size - could potentially contaminate food chains, and ultimately affect human health, according to a recent study by scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS). They discovered that nanoplastics are easily ingested by marine organisms, and they accumulate in the organisms over time, with a risk of being transferred up the food chain, threatening food safety and posing health risks.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/nuos-nai053118.php


What would happen if all petrol and diesel-powered vehicles were removed from a smaller European city? Up to 4% of all premature deaths could be prevented, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/lu-the060418.php


Global warming can be limited to 1.5°C by changing how we travel, heat homes, use devices
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/iifa-gwc060118.php


Since the 1960s, scientists at the University of Vermont have been documenting the decline of red spruce trees, casualties of the damage caused by acid rain on northeastern forests.
But now, surprising new research shows that red spruce are making a comeback--and that a combination of reduced pollution mandated by the 1990 Amendments to the Clean Air Act and changing climate are behind the resurgence.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/uov-sro060518.php


Weather-related disasters can make people more religious but it depends on the toll they inflict, suggests new UBC research. If a disaster injures a significant number of people, it can strengthen religiosity among those who are already religious. But if a disaster inflicts mostly economic damage, the opposite effect applies.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/uobc-ial060518.php


A two year project to repeat a famous bird survey by driving over 20, 000km in a 4x4 across Botswana has confirmed researchers' fears: many birds of prey are fast disappearing from one of Africa's last great wilderness areas.
Reported sightings of iconic species of eagle and vulture declined by as much as 80% compared with the previous survey, while some migrant species recorded last time have vanished,
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/uoct-ssb060618.php


Pollution is changing the fungi that provide mineral nutrients to tree roots, which could explain malnutrition trends in Europe's trees.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/icl-pht060418.php


Nutrient pollution makes ocean acidification worse for coral reefs
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/uoha-npm060518.php


Nutritional quality of fish and squid reduced by warm water events
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/uos-nqo060718.php


Some hurricanes are moving more slowly, spending increased time over land and leading to catastrophic local rainfall and flooding, according to a new study published Wednesday (June 6) in the journal Nature.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/uow-has060718.php


Consumer food choices can help reduce greenhouse emissions contributing to climate change
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/tuhs-cfc060718.php


After Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in September of 2017, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) began distributing emergency food. An analysis of 10 consecutive days of federal food aid delivered during the aftermath of Hurricane Maria reveals that much of this food exceeded the dietary limits for sodium, added sugars and saturated fats outlined in federal dietary guidelines.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/n2-ffa053118.php


Moderate and extreme temperatures could increase the risk of occupational injuries
Extremes of cold and heat increased the risk of injury by 4% and 9%, respectively.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/bifg-mae060718.php


Ukrainian villages still suffering legacy of Chernobyl more than 30 years on
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/uoe-uvs060718.php


If no action is taken to reduce the negative impacts on agricultural yields, the researchers estimate that the environmental changes predicted to occur by mid- to end-century in water availability and ozone concentrations would reduce average yields of vegetables and legumes by 35% and 9% respectively. In hot settings such as Southern Europe and large parts of Africa and South Asia, increased air temperatures would reduce average vegetable yields by an estimated 31%.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/lsoh-pec060818.php


Which food type is more environmentally costly to produce -- livestock, farmed seafood, or wild-caught fish?
The answer is, it depends. But in general, industrial beef production and farmed catfish are the most taxing on the environment, while small, wild-caught fish and farmed mollusks like oysters, mussels and scallops have the lowest environmental impact, according to a new analysis.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/uow-cmt060618.php


The results show that warmer temperatures by the end of this century will reduce yields of corn/maize throughout the world, confirming previous research. But the study also shows dramatic increases in the variability of corn yields from one year to the next and the likelihood of simultaneous low yields across multiple high-producing regions, which could lead to price hikes and global shortages.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/uow-wcw060618.php