Do Teachers’ Climate Change Beliefs Influence Students?
A North Carolina State University study of middle school science classes explored whether teachers’ beliefs about climate change influenced students’ perceptions. (more…)
Category Archives: Environment
Shared traits of abandoned gas, oil wells could aid cheaper, more effective cleanup
Across the United States, abandoned oil and gas wells are a significant source of greenhouse gases, particularly methane. Yet there are so many scattered across the country that stopping the leaks — and even determining which wells are leaking — presents an enormous challenge. (more…)
Plastik ist überall: Was Greenpeace in deutschen Flüssen gefunden hat
Drei Monate lang hat Greenpeace Wasserproben in ganz Deutschland gesammelt und untersucht. Das Ergebnis ist erschreckend: ob Rhein, Donau oder Main – in allen Proben fanden sich Kunststoffreste. Meeresexpertin Dr. Sandra Schöttner erklärt die Folgen des weltweiten Plastikmüllproblems und zeigt Lösungen auf, mit denen die Politik – aber auch wir alle – diesem Problem entgegenwirken können. (more…)
Verständnis für Opfer wachsender Städte
Rasantes Städtewachstum ist ein weltweites Phänomen, in den Anden führt es zu Verlusten von landwirtschaftlichen Flächen und so zu Problemen für Kleinbauern. Dass neu Zugezogene, die diese Probleme mit verursachen, allerdings durchaus Verständnis dafür aufbringen, zeigt eine neue Studie eines Innsbrucker Geographen. (more…)
Small Alpine Insects are Big Messengers of Climate Change
West Glacier, Mont. – Two rare alpine insects – native to the northern Rocky Mountains and dependent on cold waters of glacier and snowmelt-fed alpine streams – are imperiled due to climate warming induced glacier and snow loss according to a study by the U.S. Geological Survey and its partners. (more…)
Wisedom is different…..
Check out awesome video shown at @Momentum_UNFCCC awards ceremony at #COP22 – the winner of the #Film4Climate video competition pic.twitter.com/u0S0r40iJf — UN Climate Action (@UNFCCC) 17. November 2016 Source: Twitter/Greenpeace
When corals met algae: Symbiotic relationship crucial to reef survival dates to the Triassic
The mutually beneficial relationship between algae and modern corals — which provides algae with shelter, gives coral reefs their colors and supplies both organisms with nutrients — began more than 210 million years ago, according to a new study by an international team of scientists including researchers from Princeton University. (more…)
Arctic sea ice loss linked to personal CO2 emissions
Three square metres of Arctic summer sea ice disappears for every tonne of carbon dioxide a person emits, wherever they are on the planet, according to new UCL research. (more…)