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Oregon Cascades hide a huge buried aquifer
Oregon's Cascade Range mountains might not hold gold, but they store another precious resource in abundance: water. Scientists from the University of Oregon and their partners have mapped the amount of water stored beneath ...
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Firefighting planes are dumping ocean water on the Los Angeles fires. Why using saltwater is typically a last resort
Firefighters battling the deadly wildfires that raced through the Los Angeles area in January 2025 have been hampered by a limited supply of freshwater. So, when the winds are calm enough, skilled pilots flying planes aptly ...
Environment
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How the EPA administrator protects public health, air, water and the environment
From the time you get up in the morning until you go to bed at night, and even while you are asleep, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency affects your life. The air you breathe, the water you drink, the chemicals under ...
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To mitigate impact of wildfires on communities' water, report offers guidance to public drinking water system staff
Wildfires increasingly threaten public drinking water systems, but guidance on how to address damage to these systems from a wildfire has been insufficient, conflicting or inaccurate.
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Giant freshwater aquifer in southern Africa is under threat from mining
A huge underground water resource the size of Austria, the Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System, stretches for 87,000km² across Namibia, South Africa and Botswana. It supplies 50,000 people in several towns with water ...
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Much of Australia enjoys the same Mediterranean climate as L.A.—for bushfires, that doesn't bode well
The world has watched in horror as fires continue to raze parts of Los Angeles, California. For those of us living in Australia, one of the world's most fire-prone continents, the L.A. experience feels all too familiar.
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Wildfires can contaminate drinking water systems with harmful chemicals—here's what Los Angeles needs to know
The wildfires in the Los Angeles area have destroyed thousands of structures, many of them homes, and firefighters continue to battle the infernos. Parts of Pacific Palisades, Altadena, Pasadena and other California communities ...
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L.A. fires show the human cost of climate-driven 'whiplash' between wet and dry extremes
October to April is normally considered to be the wet season in California, yet this January, the region is experiencing some of the most devastating fires it's ever seen.
Environment
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Earth's temperature peaks in 2024, marking hottest year ever
It's official: 2024 was the planet's warmest year on record, according to an analysis by scientists from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
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From microplastics to macro-impact: Expert explains plastic recycling challenges
"Microplastic particles are currently found almost everywhere—in water, food, fish, and even breast milk," says Artūras Torkelis, a Ph.D. student at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU). He emphasizes that proper waste ...
Environment
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Study reveals unexpected cause of winter ozone pollution
Researchers from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, alongside mainland collaborators, have uncovered an unexpected phenomenon: severe wintertime ozone (O3) pollution in Lanzhou, China, driven primarily by alkene emissions ...
Earth Sciences
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Generative AI: Uncovering its environmental and social costs
A recent commentary article by researchers from Northwestern University, Harvard University, and The University of Texas at San Antonio highlights the significant but overlooked environmental and social impacts of Generative ...
Environment
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Death toll from Los Angeles fires rises, with dangerous winds incoming
The death toll from massive wildfires that have ravaged Los Angeles rose to 24 on Sunday, with officials warning of incoming dangerous winds that could whip the blazes up further.
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Fueling the Los Angeles fires: the Santa Ana winds
Helping drive the wildfires in the US city of Los Angeles are the so-called Santa Ana winds, a weather phenomenon known to dry out "the hills and the nerves to flash point."
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Los Angeles fires deliver latest blow to embattled Hollywood
As Los Angeles is gripped by wildfires that resemble a Hollywood disaster movie, the city's vast entertainment industry is already counting the costs of yet another drastic setback that its workers can ill-afford.
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Cyclone-battered region sees storm Dikeledi leave Mayotte for Mozambique
Tropical storm Dikeledi barreled towards Mozambique on Monday after leaving three dead in Madagascar and triggering floods in the French territory of Mayotte, less than a month after the cyclone-battered region was hit by ...
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'Dangerous and strong' winds threaten to spread LA inferno
US officials warned "dangerous and strong" winds were set to push deadly wildfires further through Los Angeles residential areas Sunday as firefighters struggled to make progress against the flames.
Environment
Jan 12, 2025
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Firefighters race to beat LA blazes as winds grow and death toll hits 16
Firefighters battled Sunday to get on top of massive wildfires around Los Angeles as winds ramped up, pushing the blazes toward previously untouched neighborhoods.
Environment
Jan 12, 2025
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Melting Antarctic ice sheets may be causing larger volcanic eruptions
Melting ice sheets are often considered synonymous with climate change in the media, with evocative images of lone polar bears floating on ever-shrinking rafts of ice. While impacts such as sea level rise and salinity changes ...
Cyclone-ravaged Mayotte on high alert as new storm approaches
Residents of the French territory of Mayotte braced Sunday for a storm expected to bring strong winds and flash floods less than a month after the Indian Ocean archipelago was devastated by a deadly cyclone.
Environment
Jan 12, 2025
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