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    68 PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found by Scientists in Food Packaging Worldwide

    68 PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found by Scientists in Food Packaging Worldwide

    New research by environmental scientists with Switzerland’s Food Packaging Forum Foundation has uncovered 68 per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) “forever chemicals” in food packaging — including plastic, paper and coated metal. Used by manufacturers for decades in products like nonstick cookware, water-repellent clothing, stain-resistant fabrics, cosmetics, firefighting foam and food packaging, more than 12,000 of the […]

    WMO Issues ‘Red Alert’ as Climate Records Are Broken Worldwide

    WMO Issues ‘Red Alert’ as Climate Records Are Broken Worldwide

    The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has issued a “red alert” as all major global climate records — greenhouse gas levels, near-surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, Antarctic sea ice cover, glacier retreat and sea level rise — were broken in 2023, a WMO press release said. Floods, swiftly intensifying tropical cyclones, heat waves, drought and […]

    Researchers Develop Self-Heating Concrete to Deice Sidewalks Without Salt

    Researchers Develop Self-Heating Concrete to Deice Sidewalks Without Salt

    Researchers at Drexel University have shared promising findings on the development of a self-heating concrete, which could not only save people the hassle of shoveling out the sidewalk on a snowy day, but it could also reduce the use of salt to deice walkways.  According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), salts used for […]

    Oregon Outback Is Now the Largest Dark Sky Sanctuary in the World

    Oregon Outback Is Now the Largest Dark Sky Sanctuary in the World

    The Oregon Outback, an area of southeastern Oregon, has earned a new designation as the largest of the Dark Sky Sanctuaries not just in the U.S., but internationally. DarkSky International, a nonprofit organization with a mission to educate on and minimize light pollution, has certified that Phase 1 of the Oregon Outback International Dark Sky […]