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The Atlantic Antibiotic Resistance Is Lurking in The EnvironmentThe AtlanticThe case of mcr-3 illuminates the complex interplay between antibiotics and the natural environment, which scientists are only just beginning to understand. It makes sense to find resistance genes in hospitals or on farms, where antibiotics are used to …

The Guardian The house that Tateh built … out of sand-filled plastic bottlesThe GuardianTateh Lehbib Braica – aka ‘the crazy bottle guy’ – has built circular houses that protect from wind and sun from waste plastic bottles. Photograph: Pablo Mediavilla Costa/El Pais. Western Sahara · Bottling it …

Phys.Org Half-a-degree of warming boosted extreme weatherPhys.OrgGlobal warming caused mostly by the burning of fossil fuels began slowly in the early 19th century with the onset of industrialisation, but has accelerated rapidly over the last 50 or 60 years. The 196-nation Paris Agreement, inked in the French …Recent past shows half a degree of warming…

BBC News Okja: A genetic super pig and the environmentBBC NewsAnd there was an environmental message to his 2006 breakout hit The Host, which told the story of a mutated fishy creature that wreaked havoc in the streets of Seoul. The monster was created after radioactive waste was dumped on a US military base.Okja |…

Allure Magazine The Truth About How Glitter Really Affects the EnvironmentAllure MagazineA study from Environmental Science and Technology found that microplastics act something like a lifeboat for bacteria. So potentially harmful microbes are better able to survive in aquatic environments. Combine that with the chemicals used to create …

BBC News ‘Very strong’ climate change signal in record June heatBBC NewsThe June heat waves that impacted much of the UK and Western Europe were made more intense because of climate change say scientists. Forest fires in Portugal claimed scores of lives while emergency heat plans were triggered in France, Switzerland and …Climate change played a…

Austin American-Statesman Study: Climate change will especially hurt Texas, SoutheastAustin American-StatesmanThe story conflicts with many state and federal officials’ views on whether climate change has any real effect on the environment. U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-San Antonio), who chairs the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, has said the …

Climate Central Global Warming Tipped Scales in Europe’s Heat WaveClimate CentralGlobal warming gave a clear boost to the searing temperatures that blanketed Western Europe earlier this month — a heat wave that helped fuel deadly wildfires in Portugal. The greenhouse gas-driven warming of the atmosphere has made the intensity and …The human fingerprint on Europe’s recent…

Researchers Analyze Economic Impact Of Climate Change In The USNPRA team of scientists and economists claims they’ve come up with the most thorough analysis of the cost of climate change in the U.S. Most of the country will suffer economic loss in addition to higher mortality from heat waves and loss of agriculture …

Washington Post Climate change in the U.S. could help the rich and hurt the poor …Washington PostResearchers have long warned that unmitigated climate change could cause severe financial hardship to the United States in coming decades. But a new study …Mapping The Potential Economic Effects Of Climate ChangeNPRAs Climate Changes, Southern States Will Suffer More Than…