Since 1979, Greenland and Antarctica lost 11.3 trillion tons of ice, raising seas 31.4 mm; 84% from faster glacier flow. Ice sheets now supply about a quarter o
Tag: Environment
On Sept 15 UTC, ESA launched FLEX with Sentinel‑3C on Vega‑C to detect faint chlorophyll fluorescence from orbit and assess plant health with tandem observation
Researchers found atmospheric microplastics in Switzerland total ~219 tons a year, including 78 on farmland and 10 into waters, with 60% falling during dry weat
Chesapeake Bay SAV grew 7% in 2025 to 89,385 acres—the highest since 2018—driven by salty zones, while tidal fresh areas declined slightly.
At Holnicote and in Devon, beavers stored over 24 million liters and, in five U.S. wildfires, streamside vegetation in beaver areas suffered one‑third the damag
Finland data show a usable limit: keep clearcuts near 10% per decade, use ~90-year rotations or set aside one-fifth to keep forest bird numbers stable.
ESA’s FLEX and Sentinel‑3C launch on Vega‑C to track faint plant fluorescence and align it with Earth‑system data via near‑simultaneous tandem observations.
Australia will evacuate 24 staff from Macquarie Island before seal pup season over psychosocial risk from possible H5N1; 341 cases, none in poultry.
Belgian potatoes are “barely the size of ping‑pong balls”—about a quarter of their expected size—raising worries across 4,500 fry shops.
Europe’s record 2026 heat lays out the stressors that squeeze harvests and drive price spikes. Here are the numbers we know—and the gaps that matter.