Melting and sublimation on Mount Everest's highest glacier due to human-induced climate change have reached the point that several decades of accumulation are being lost annually now that ice has been exposed, according to ...
Environment
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Hundreds of kilometres from shore, and covering two-thirds of the Earth's surface, the high seas are a world that few of us will ever see. After more than a year in the field, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ian Urbina ...
Ecology
Oct 6, 2021
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"Forever chemicals" used in water-repellant outdoor gear have been found in snow from the top of Mount Everest.
Earth Sciences
Dec 18, 2020
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The behavior of glaciers around Mount Everest over the last six decades is now revealed in research published today in the multidisciplinary journal One Earth.
Earth Sciences
Nov 23, 2020
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Researchers analyzing snow and stream samples from the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition have found evidence of microplastic pollution on Mount Everest. While the highest concentrations of ...
Environment
Nov 20, 2020
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In a project funded by National Geographic, ECE researchers are teaming up with the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology to advance our understanding of monarch butterfly migration with the most ambitious iteration ...
Ecology
Oct 27, 2020
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The world's southernmost tree grows in one of the windiest places on Earth – but climate change is shifting those winds
Environment
Oct 1, 2020
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Lower-income households that received mortgages through state affordable mortgage programs were less likely to default or foreclose than similar households that received conventional financing, a national study found.
Economics & Business
Aug 27, 2020
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Satellite observations suggest that protected areas may help conserve stable levels of land productivity. However, productivity has dropped or risen in nearly half of the total land under protection worldwide, pointing to ...
Ecology
Aug 5, 2020
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Women, older Americans, Democrats and people with more education are more likely to try to isolate themselves from contact with other people to reduce COVID-19 transmission risks, according to a new Tufts University national ...
Social Sciences
Jul 21, 2020
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