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Journals Environment Newsletter for 2026-06-11 ( 16 items )  
Center for European Policy Analysis Issues Commentary: Europe and India - A Marriage of Convenience (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on June 10, 2026, by Emanuele Rossi, editor at Formiche magazine, and senior analyst at Decode39: * * * Europe and India: A Marriage of Convenience The biggest of the so-called middle powers are seeking greater cooperation to hedge against war and uncertainty. - Europe's strategic horizon is shifting eastward. Russia's war against Ukraine, instability in the Red Sea, tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, transatlantic trade and political fricti more PR

Center on Budget & Policy Priorities: Addressing the Housing Affordability Crisis Requires Increasing Housing Supply and Expanding Rental Assistance (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following report on June 10, 2026, by Will Fischer, director of Housing Policy and a senior fellow: * * * Addressing the Housing Affordability Crisis Requires Increasing Housing Supply and Expanding Rental Assistance Everyone should have access to a stable, affordable home, but for millions of people this goal lies out of reach due to high housing costs. While building more homes must be a central component of efforts to address the housing affordability crisis, by  more PR

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Study May Help Explain Why Some Children with Sepsis or Organ Failure Face a Harder Recovery (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 10 [Category: BizHospital] -- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia issued the following news release: * * * Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Study May Help Explain Why Some Children with Sepsis or Organ Failure Face a Harder Recovery * A Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) research team, working with collaborators across Penn and several national institutions, reported this week that many critically ill children who develop multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) - with or without sepsis - share  more PR

Clark senior interns for Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, researches soundscapes in cranberry bogs (10)
WORCESTER, Massachusetts, June 10 -- Clark University posted the following news: * * * Clark senior interns for Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, researches soundscapes in cranberry bogs * Leo Kerz '26 collects 63,000 nature recordings to track ecosystem health Leo Kerz '26 has always loved nature. It's in his genes. His grandfather served for decades on the Water District Board in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, and Kerz grew up watching his mother serve on Rocky Hill's Wetlands Review Board. "I would join her on public re more PR

Could MRI Predict Kidney Disease Before It Develops? Award-Winning Study Suggests New Possibilities (10)
NEW YORK, June 9 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mount Sinai Health System posted the following news release: * * * Could MRI Predict Kidney Disease Before It Develops? Award-Winning Study Suggests New Possibilities * An investigator at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has received international recognition for innovative imaging research that may help physicians identify patients at increased risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) before they undergo surgery for kidney tumors. Mira Liu, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow at the Mount Sinai B more PR

CSU environmental economist Edward Barbier receives international Blue Planet Prize (10)
FORT COLLINS, Colorado, June 10 -- Colorado State University posted the following news release: * * * CSU environmental economist Edward Barbier receives international Blue Planet Prize * Colorado State University Distinguished Professor Edward Barbier - one of the world's best known environmental economists - has been named a 2026 laureate of the Blue Planet Prize, a prestigious international award recognizing significant contributions to solving global environmental challenges. Often referred to as the "Nobel Prize of environmental scien more PR

FAU: Acoustic Environment May Shape Which Bird Songs Last (10)
BOCA RATON, Florida, June 11 (TNSjou) -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news: * * * Acoustic Environment May Shape Which Bird Songs Last Study Snapshot: Songbirds learn their vocalizations by listening to and imitating other birds, but scientists have long wondered whether the environment itself also influences which songs are learned and passed on. In a study published in Bioacoustics, researchers from Florida Atlantic University investigated this question in Bachman' more PR

Leishmaniasis: A Persistent Threat in a Changing Operational Environment (10)
BETHESDA, Maryland, June 9 -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following research news: * * * Leishmaniasis: A Persistent Threat in a Changing Operational Environment * A recent review in The New England Journal of Medicine underscores a reality that military and global health professionals know well: some of the most persistent threats are also among the least visible. Leishmaniasis-a parasitic disease transmitted by sand flies-continues to evolve in ways that demand renewed attention from the medical community, particularly th more PR

McMaster University: Ancient Ground Squirrel Droppings Reveal Rich Details About Evolutionary History of the Arctic (10)
HAMILTON, Ontario, June 10 (TNSjou) -- McMaster University issued the following news: * * * Ancient ground squirrel droppings reveal rich details about evolutionary history of the Arctic Scientists have extracted a remarkable amount of ancient environmental DNA from the droppings, which have been preserved for millennia in the Yukon's deep permafrost. - Ground squirrel droppings, preserved for millennia in the Yukon's deep permafrost, have yielded an enormous amount of environmental DNA from dozens of species of plants, insects, microbes a more PR

Northwestern University: Why Plastic Lingers - Water Chemistry Slows Nature's Cleanup (10)
EVANSTON, Illinois, June 11 (TNSjou) -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * Why plastic lingers: Water chemistry slows nature's cleanup Natural water chemistry shields plastics from sunlight and microbes * In lab settings, ultraviolet light deteriorates plastic so microbes can break it down further * But, in nature, plastic often persists in waterways for decades despite direct sunlight * While lab experiments often use purified water or unrealistic water chemistry, engineers found salts and other chemical con more PR

PolyU develops smart window film to regulate light and humidity, reducing building energy consumption and promoting low-carbon city development (10)
HONG KONG, June 10 -- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University issued the following news release: * * * PolyU develops smart window film to regulate light and humidity, reducing building energy consumption and promoting low-carbon city development * As global warming intensifies, window technologies that can automatically regulate indoor light and humidity in response to environmental changes could help reduce building energy consumption and support the development of a low-carbon city. A research team at the International Centre of Urban Energ more PR

Retreating glaciers increase iceberg sightings and reshape deep-sea habitats (10)
WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, June 10 [Category: Environment] -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * Retreating glaciers increase iceberg sightings and reshape deep-sea habitats * Photos available for use with credit can be found here. Woods Hole, Mass. (June 10, 2026) -The number of icebergs in the Arctic has increased sharply since the 2000s. This is due to the destabilisation of large glaciers in north-east Greenland and parts of the Russian Arctic, as well as the increasing mobility of sea ice. A more PR

Rutgers: Graduate Students Turn a Storage Room Into a Place to Recharge (10)
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, June 11 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Graduate Students Turn a Storage Room Into a Place to Recharge The converted space at Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology offers a scalable campus wellness model By Carla Cantor At Rutgers, a group of graduate students, faculty and staff set out to answer a simple question: What would a wellness space look like if students designed it themselves? The project took shape in a small storage room near classrooms at the more PR

Several CVD conditions, risk factors linked to Alzheimer's risk, notably low blood pressure (10)
DALLAS, Texas, June 10 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Several CVD conditions, risk factors linked to Alzheimer's risk, notably low blood pressure * Research Highlights: * Several types of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and CVD risk factors were associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease, based on analysis of health data for nearly 800,000 adults from a U.K. database and a separate database of U.S. adults. * Among the cardiovascular conditions and risk fact more PR

The Case Against Marty O'Donnell (10)
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * The Case Against Marty O'Donnell * "A bipartisan problem-solver, Susie Lee is fighting to lower costs for families, keep communities safe, and resurrect Southern Nevada's economy from a 'Trump Slump.' Meanwhile, right-wing podcaster Marty O'Donnell is making it clear his only loyalty is to his political party bosses. Instead of finding common ground to make Nevada more affordable, O'Donnell is championing a price-hiking agenda tha more PR

University of Montreal: Rural Drivers at Greater Risk for Impaired Driving (10)
MONTREAL, Quebec, June 10 (TNSjou) -- The University of Montreal issued the following news: * * * Rural drivers at greater risk for impaired driving Alcohol, cannabis and other drugs are more likely to be a factor in road accidents causing injury in rural areas than in urban centres, according to a Canada-wide study. By Martin LaSalle Drivers involved in serious accidents in rural areas have a higher prevalence of drunk driving, detectable cannabis and polysubstance use than urban drivers, according to a Canada-wide study published in the more PR