Hacker News with Generative AI: Environment

Neighborhood environmental exposures and incidence of ADHD (sciencedirect.com)
Emerging studies have associated low greenspace and high air pollution exposure with risk of child attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Population-based studies are limited, however, and joint effects are rarely evaluated.
Health, Science, Environment
5 points by xlii 17 hours ago | 1 comments
Nuclear power is officially a clean energy source in Colorado (coloradosun.com)
Nuclear power — an innovative source of fossil-free power potential, or a radioactive risk that threatens public health and the environment, depending on whom you ask — is back on the table in Colorado.
Nuclear Power, Energy, Colorado, Environment
32 points by mooreds 1 day ago | 23 comments
In Japan, an Iceless Lake and an Absent God Sound an Ancient Warning (nytimes.com)
For at least six centuries, residents along a lake in the mountains of central Japan have marked the depth of winter by celebrating the return of a natural phenomenon once revered as the trail of a wandering god.
Japan, Environment, Culture, Folklore, Mythology
6 points by occamschainsaw 6 days ago | 1 comments
Arctic sea ice sets a record low maximum in 2025 (nsidc.org)
Arctic sea ice extent appears to have reached its annual maximum on March 22, 2025. This is the lowest maximum in the 47-year satellite record, with previous low maximums occurring in 2017, 2018, 2016, and 2015.
Climate Change, Arctic, Sea Ice, Environment
135 points by martinpw 6 days ago | 142 comments
Chewing gum can shed microplastics into saliva, research finds (cnn.com)
Health, Science, Environment, Microplastics
10 points by zfg 7 days ago | 0 comments
UK tyres meant for recycling sent to furnaces in India (bbc.com)
Millions of tyres being sent from the UK to India for recycling are actually being "cooked" in makeshift furnaces causing serious health problems and huge environmental damage, the BBC has discovered.
Recycling, Environment, India, UK, Pollution
6 points by NoRagrets 8 days ago | 0 comments
US honeybee deaths hit record high as scientists scramble to find main cause (theguardian.com)
Honeybee deaths have hit record highs in the US, with the unprecedented loss of colonies pushing many beekeepers close to ruin as scientists scramble to identify the main cause of the huge declines.
Environment, Science, Agriculture, Climate Change, Bees
27 points by vinni2 8 days ago | 5 comments
Chewing gum can shed microplastics into saliva, pilot study finds (acs.org)
SAN DIEGO, March 25, 2025 — Plastic is everywhere. And many products we use in everyday life, such as cutting boards, clothes and cleaning sponges, can expose people to tiny, micrometer-wide plastic particles called microplastics. Now, chewing gum could be added to the list. In a pilot study, researchers found that chewing gum can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics per piece into saliva and potentially be ingested.
Microplastics, Health, Science, Food, Environment
37 points by giuliomagnifico 8 days ago | 14 comments
Carbon Dioxide Levels Highest in 800k Years (e360.yale.edu)
Temperatures and carbon dioxide levels hit new highs last year, according to a U.N. report detailing the dire state of the global climate.
Climate Change, Environment, Science, Global Warming
9 points by Brajeshwar 11 days ago | 0 comments
Livestock feed additives for methane mitigation (sciencedirect.com)
Livestock, Methane, Agriculture, Environment
9 points by PaulHoule 12 days ago | 9 comments
The Cult of the American Lawn (noemamag.com)
“When Janet and Jeff Crouch sought to enliven their front yard in suburban Maryland with native black-eyed Susans, Joe-Pye weed, asters and coneflowers, they had no inkling that they were doing anything controversial.”
Gardening, Culture, American Culture, Environment
63 points by ecliptik 12 days ago | 104 comments
New desalination technology being tested in California could lower costs (latimes.com)
A new deep-sea desalination technology is undergoing testing in Southern California. Water managers hope it will offer an economical and environmentally friendly way of tapping the Pacific Ocean for fresh water.
Desalination, Technology, California, Water Management, Environment
6 points by erictd 12 days ago | 1 comments
600M years of shared environmental stress response found in algae and plants (phys.org)
Without plants on land, humans could not live on Earth.
Science, Biology, Plants, Algae, Environment
97 points by PaulHoule 12 days ago | 6 comments
EVs are starving states of tax money to fix potholes and build roads (fortune.com)
EVs may help the environment but because their owners don’t buy gas they’re starving states of tax money to fix potholes and build roads
Electric Vehicles, Taxation, Infrastructure, Environment
17 points by ryan_j_naughton 13 days ago | 27 comments
Wind turbine remains may be 'most surprising' fossils for far future generations (phys.org)
Many of today's everyday items are destined to become fossils after millions of years, but scientists have suggested that some of the most surprising of them might be wind turbine blades.
Science, Environment, Fossils, Future
5 points by PaulHoule 13 days ago | 0 comments
Email signatures are harming the planet and could cost people their lives (techxplore.com)
The use of information technology (IT) has significant environmental and social impacts, including human mortality from climate change. One striking example is the carbon emissions and impacts associated with digital communication.
Environment, Technology, Climate Change, Sustainability
6 points by huzeifad 14 days ago | 6 comments
State of the Global Climate 2024 (wmo.int)
The clear signs of human-induced climate change reached new heights in 2024, which was likely the first calendar year to be more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial era, with a global mean near-surface temperature of 1.55 ± 0.13 °C above the 1850-1900 average.
Climate Change, Science, Environment, Global Warming
4 points by lukecarr 15 days ago | 0 comments
WMO report documents spiralling weather and climate impacts (wmo.int)
The clear signs of human-induced climate change reached new heights in 2024, with some of the consequences being irreversible over hundreds if not thousands of years, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which also underlined the massive economic and social upheavals from extreme weather.
Climate Change, Environment, Science, Weather
38 points by dakna 15 days ago | 3 comments
Canada proposes phase out of 'forever chemicals' in consumer products (phys.org)
Canada on Wednesday proposed phasing out "forever chemicals" in many consumer products after finding them to be toxic and harmful at current high levels found in people and the environment.
Environment, Chemicals, Canada, Consumer Products, Government Regulation
4 points by PaulHoule 16 days ago | 0 comments
Chewing gum is plastic pollution, not a litter problem (theconversation.com)
Thousands of tonnes of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths. Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers – similar to the plastic material used in car tyres.
Pollution, Environment, Materials Science
47 points by zeristor 17 days ago | 37 comments
Next generation LEDs are cheap and sustainable (liu.se)
Cost, technical performance and environmental impact – these are the three most important aspects for a new type of LED technology to have a broad commercial impact on society. This has been demonstrated by researchers at Linköping University in a study published in Nature Sustainability.
LEDs, Sustainability, Technology, Research, Environment
172 points by geox 17 days ago | 152 comments
How our noisy world is seriously damaging our health (bbc.com)
We are surrounded by an invisible killer. One so common that we barely notice it shortening our lives.
Health, Noise Pollution, Environment
65 points by ustad 17 days ago | 38 comments
This is no world for an axolotl (elpais.com)
This is no world for an axolotl.
Environment, Endangered Species, Animals
173 points by geox 18 days ago | 79 comments
'All the birds returned': How China led the way in water and soil conservation (theguardian.com)
It was one of China’s most ambitious environmental endeavours ever.
Environment, Conservation, China, Water, Soil
4 points by sohkamyung 20 days ago | 0 comments
Trump faces fight over 'biggest' environmental deregulatory action in US history (theverge.com)
The Trump administration launched a massive deregulation spree that could gut environmental and health protections in the US, moves that are sure to face immediate legal and logistical challenges.
Politics, Environment, Law, Government, Regulation
9 points by pwatsonwailes 20 days ago | 1 comments
UK GHG emissions fall 3.6% in 2024 as coal use drops to lowest since 1666 (carbonbrief.org)
The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 3.6% in 2024 as coal use dropped to the lowest level since 1666, the year of the Great Fire of London, according to new Carbon Brief analysis.
Climate Change, Environment, Energy, United Kingdom
8 points by toomuchtodo 21 days ago | 3 comments
Scientists issue warning: Microplastic accumulation in human brains escalating (psypost.org)
A new study published in Nature Medicine has revealed the presence of microplastics – tiny fragments of degraded plastic – in human brain tissue.
Science, Health, Environment, Microplastics
8 points by amichail 21 days ago | 2 comments
Trump's FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups (newrepublic.com)
The FBI is moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration.
Politics, Law Enforcement, Environment, Climate Change
29 points by cpncrunch 21 days ago | 6 comments
Daily carbon dioxide crosses 430 ppm (blogspot.com)
The daily average carbon dioxide (CO₂) at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, was 430.60 parts per million (ppm) on March 7, 2025, the highest daily average on record.
Climate Change, Environment, Science, Hawaii
6 points by FollowingTheDao 22 days ago | 5 comments
'Global weirding': climate whiplash hitting biggest cities (theguardian.com)
Climate whiplash is already hitting major cities around the world, bringing deadly swings between extreme wet and dry weather as the climate crisis intensifies, a report has revealed.
Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Urban Planning, Science, Environment
11 points by ljf 22 days ago | 0 comments