Environmental science

New level of air quality problems in North America:

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/seven-countries-met-air-quality-guid...

A library in the UK is using a new defense against climate change:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-68782665

Science discoveries about the Earth's ozone layer:

https://phys.org/news/2024-08-link-ionization-ozone-depletion.html

Treebeard_404 and everyone, a report on plants that can conserve water:

https://phys.org/news/2024-09-scientists-nonstomatal-loss-critical-crops.html

The first science analysis I have seen on the wider and more lethal effects of wildfire smoke:

https://laist.com/news/as-california-burns-new-research-shows-smoke-is-wildfires...

Treebeard_404 and everyone, the new book on ancient trees titled Elderflora :

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jared-farmer/elderflora/9780465097852/?...

Reasons for species survival:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/science/biology/50-species-that-save-us/ar-AA1QqSEI

Here is a photo and news article explaining the key part in hurricane reporting played by dropsondes:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-melissa-record-breaking-winds-dropsonde-d...

US hurricane hunter aircraft receive much publicity for their data collection from within hurricanes, but dropsondes, not so much. In the recent 2025 record-breaking Hurricane Melissa, a US hurricane hunter plane did some on-site data collection as well, but few people heard that due to the US government shut-down, the government employees on board the plane did so despite being unpaid due to the shutdown ... a brutal situation.

I definitely didn't see this coming:

https://www.webpronews.com/moss-spores-survive-9-months-in-space-boost-colonizat...

An environmental advance:

https://phys.org/news/2025-12-carbon-based-filter-pfas-groundwater.html

>10 MaureenRoy: Thank you for posting this. I just finished reading They Poisoned the World by Mariah Blake and was horrified by the extent of forever chemical contamination.
ANY positive news is welcome.

Appropriate for New Year’s Eve:

https://www.hunker.com/2041841/best-place-put-jade-plants-good-luck-feng-shui/

The most ancient sample of Earth air:

https://gizmodo.com/researchers-just-sampled-1-4-billion-year-old-air-and-its-no...

Particle pollution from wildfires linked to US deaths:

https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-smoke-deaths-climate-change-pm25-0791cd732d...

A biological mechanism explained:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/scientists-unlock-secret-behind-venu...