A small team of geologists and seismologists from the University of Utah, Salt Lake, the Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei and the University of New Mexico has studied the content of the Yellowstone magma ...
As outside activities become more popular with the changing seasons, people are looking to protect themselves from sunburns and melanomas, primarily using commercial sunscreens.
Plants & Animals
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As the shrinking Great Salt Lake exposes an ever-growing area of its lakebed, wind-blown dust becomes more dangerous for those living in Utah's most populous region. It also makes the snowpack dirty, which threatens the state's ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 15, 2023
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American kestrels are a beloved raptor species experiencing a troubling decline, and our use of rodenticides is not helping. According to a new study published in the Journal of Raptor Research, adult kestrels sampled in ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2023
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On the weekend in March when Brittany Glover would have turned 34, her mother stood on the same busy road in Atlanta where her daughter died six months earlier.
Social Sciences
May 19, 2023
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At its grand opening in 1913, the Los Angeles Aqueduct sent a torrent of fresh mountain water cascading into the Los Angeles valley to the cheers of an onlooking crowd of 30,000 people. The water, diverted from the Owens ...
Ecology
Apr 24, 2023
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Australia has embarked on an experiment to create a market for biodiversity. No, we're not talking about buying and selling wildlife, although, sadly, there is a black market for that. This is about repairing and restoring ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 6, 2023
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It's been long known that the air quality of Cache Valley is among the worst in the nation, but what exactly makes it so bad? The answer: ammonium nitrate.
Environment
Mar 7, 2023
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It's not even March yet, but the mountains that feed the Colorado River already have seen more snow this winter than they normally would through an entire snow season.
Earth Sciences
Mar 1, 2023
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Powerful winter storms lashed the United States on Wednesday, with heavy snow snarling travel across wide areas, even as unusual warmth was expected in others.
Environment
Feb 23, 2023
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