Researcher: Black Summer response shows Australia is good in an emergency but bad in a crisis
It was a summer in Hell.
Environment
Dec 6, 2023
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After a mild fire year, Southern California crews look ahead to 2024
On a cool, cloudy morning one day last week, Albert Rivas approached a pile of dry wood in the Angeles National Forest and set it on fire.
Environment
Dec 5, 2023
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Strange burn: New research identifies unique patterns in Utah wildfires
For a century fire ecologists have worked to decipher a complex question—what does a "normal'' wildfire year look like in the West? That's a hard question to answer for many reasons, but new research from a team in the ...
Ecology
Dec 4, 2023
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We're in an El Niño. So why has Australia been so wet?
After three La Niña summers many of us would have been expecting much hotter and drier conditions this spring and summer after the arrival of El Niño. Instead, in many parts of eastern Australia it's rained and rained over ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 4, 2023
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It's going to be an especially risky fire season for much of Eastern and Central Australia, says report
AFAC, the National Council for fire and emergency services, has released the Seasonal Bushfire Outlook for Summer 2023.
Earth Sciences
Nov 30, 2023
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The National Park Service wants to plant sequoias: Environmentalists sue, say there's no need to interfere
High-intensity fires in 2020 and 2021 devastated the adult sequoia tree population globally, particularly at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in Northern California.
Plants & Animals
Nov 29, 2023
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The big emitters: the United States
The United States, the world's second largest emitter of greenhouse gases, has pledged to halve its emissions by 2030 compared to 2005 levels—but so far is failing to stay on target, analysts say.
Environment
Nov 29, 2023
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Saturday Citations: Lead, microplastics and coal on our filthy planet—plus, faster-charging lithium-ion batteries
This week, we reported on new developments in lithium-ion batteries, and a real industrial pollution hat trick with stories on coal, lead and microplastics.
How digital twins will enable the next generation of precision agriculture
Drastic climate change and overpopulation have rendered traditional agricultural practices unsustainable. Even more economically affluent countries suffer from constantly increasing household food insecurity.
Biotechnology
Nov 24, 2023
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Air pollution behind over 250,000 deaths in Europe in 2021: agency
Fine particle pollution caused the deaths of over 250,000 people in the European Union in 2021, according to a report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) published Friday.
Environment
Nov 24, 2023
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