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The eruption has ended, but scientists are just beginning to analyze the data

From Science News

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/five-explosive-things-2018-eruption-taught-us-about-kilauea

A new chemical conversion process could transform the world’s polyolefin waste, a form of plastic, into useful products, such as clean fuels and other items. The conversion process incorporates selective extraction and hydrothermal liquefaction. Once the plastic is converted into naphtha, it can be used as a feedstock for other chemicals or further separated into specialty solvents or other products.

Source: Purdue University

From Science Daily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190206131956.htm

New findings from an international ocean observing network are calling into question the long-standing idea that global warming might slow down a big chunk of the ocean’s “conveyor belt.”

From Science News

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/climate-change-might-not-slow-ocean-circulation-much-thought

Earth’s long-term warming trend continued in 2018 as persistent warmth across large swaths of land and ocean resulted in the globe’s fourth hottest year in NOAA’s 139-year climate record.

From Environmental News Network

https://www.enn.com/articles/56666-2018-was-4th-hottest-year-on-record-for-the-globe

To stabilize climate and get people healthy, the world needs to overhaul its diet and agriculture systems, the EAT-Lancet commission says. That includes less meat.

BY GEORGINA GUSTIN

From Inside Climate News

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16012019/global-food-agriculture-revolution-eat-lancet-commission-climate-change-health-nutrition-report-less-meat

The ability to go outside, look up at the night sky, and see the Milky Way is becoming increasingly rare.

The glow of artificial lighting hides our galaxy from more than one third of people worldwide. The problem is especially pronounced in industrialized countries. Only 20 percent of North Americans can see the Milky Way without the aid of a telescope.

From the Chronicle of Philanthropy

https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Saving-the-Night-Sky-/245363?cid=cpfd_home

More than three-quarters of marine mammal and sea turtle populations have significantly increased after listing of the US Endangered Species Act (ESA), according to a new study.

Source: PLOS

From Science Daily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190116140626.htm

There is a consistently high level of public support across nations for a global carbon tax if the tax policy is carefully designed, according to a survey of people in the United States, India, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia.

Georgia State University

From the Environmental News Network

https://www.enn.com/articles/56444-researchers-led-by-georgia-state-economist-find-a-global-tax-on-carbon-may-be-feasible