Water filters on the market today can remove some contaminants, but they're not designed to capture microplastics. In fact, some of them may actually add small plastics into drinking water during the filtration process. What's ...
Nanomaterials
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Front-line communities, those in regions most severely and immediately affected by increasing weather hazards and climate extremes, can benefit from partnerships between local organizations and academic researchers. However, ...
Other
Sep 16, 2024
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A recent University of Melbourne study published in Architecture has found secondary students at some of Brisbane and Melbourne's new inner-city "vertical schools" craved outdoor green spaces to help them feel connected to ...
Social Sciences
Sep 16, 2024
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Flooding sparked by Storm Boris in central Europe has burst dams, knocked out power and killed at least 18 people, authorities said on Monday, as more people were evacuated.
Environment
Sep 16, 2024
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As urban areas continue to expand, they often experience the urban heat island effect, where cities become significantly warmer than surrounding rural areas. Urban trees have long been proposed as a solution to mitigate this ...
Environment
Sep 16, 2024
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Marek Prochazka will turn 50 on Wednesday, but he won't be celebrating, with his home town in the Czech Republic once again ravaged by floods.
Environment
Sep 16, 2024
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The 15-minute city, a concept where essential services are accessible within a 15-minute walk or bike ride, has become increasingly popular in urban planning in recent years. This is because it offers solutions to several ...
Environment
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A hundred years ago, fish lived longer and grew bigger—they continued to breed, engineered ecosystems through predation and were more resilient to ocean changes such as marine heat waves.
Ecology
Sep 16, 2024
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The core-mantle boundary (CMB) is a crucial interface within the Earth, marking the boundary between the outer core and the lower mantle. For the past two decades, seismological studies have identified anomalous low-velocity ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 16, 2024
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A team of researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and the University of Washington has discovered a new species of fish that seems perpetually displeased. The researchers decided to call this ...
Plants & Animals
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