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@lemmy.mlhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/Scientists-Find-H2O-Molecules-in-Change-5-Lunar-Samples-180984844/
The samples from China's Chang'e 5 mission shed light on lunar resources that could be vital to future missions and habitations
Statement of the UNSG’s Scientific Advisory Board on Trust in Science
Empowering local communities: lessons from Typhoon Yagi’s impact on northern Vietnam
Australia and New Zealand academics sow seeds of success with Pacific Islands scholars
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/plastic-eating-fungi-bacteria-ocean-pollution-b2593745.html
Bacteria and fungi are evolving to eat plastic but their impact will likely be limited to specific applications, researchers say
https://www.lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/academic-journals/
Academic Journal Publishers Antitrust Litigation On September 12, 2024, Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel at Justice Catalyst Law filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against six commercial publishers of academic journals, including Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor and Francis, Sage, Wiley, and Wolters Kluwer, on behalf of a proposed class of scientists and scholars
ISC Fellows Letter to the scientific community on the occasion of the Summit of the Future
United in Science: Reboot climate action
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-022-00573-0#Sec5
Calorie availability and extent of food shortages for each nation are estimated following regional or global nuclear war, including impacts on major crops, livestock and fishery production.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/aug/analysis-nuclear-war-would-be-more-devastating-earths-climate-cold-war-predictions
Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography) highlights in The Conversation research that used modern climate models to map the effects of a nuclear war, and which found the resulting nuclear winter would plunge the planet into a “nuclear little ice age” lasting thousands of years.