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Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts, spewing columns of lava
One of the world's most active volcanoes sprang into life again Monday, spewing columns of lava 80 meters (260 feet) above Hawaii, US vulcanologists said.
Environment
Dec 24, 2024
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The tsunami detection buoys safeguarding lives in Thailand
Almost 1,000 kilometers off the Thai coast devastated by a tsunami 20 years ago, engineers lower a detection buoy into the waves—a key link in a warning system intended to ensure no disaster is as deadly again.
Environment
Dec 24, 2024
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Months after Marshall Fire, returning Colorado residents struggle with health and air quality
Six months after the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 houses in Boulder County, Colorado, more than half of residents of surviving homes in the area reported physical symptoms—including headaches, sore throats or ...
Environment
Dec 23, 2024
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Solar geoengineering could save 400,000 lives a year
When it comes to finding solutions to climate change, there's no shortage of technologies vying for attention, from renewable energy to electric vehicles to nuclear energy. One such contender, solar geoengineering, is favored ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 23, 2024
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Decoding atmospheric effects of gravity waves with high-res climate simulations
Researchers at Stanford University, the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, or ECMWF, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory used the lab's Summit supercomputer to better understand atmospheric gravity waves, which ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 23, 2024
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Study highlights freezer's potential to reduce food waste and emissions
Putting extra holiday cookies and leftovers in the freezer will not only extend their shelf life—it could also put a dent in the U.S. household tendency to throw away edible food, a new study suggests.
Environment
Dec 23, 2024
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Paleoclimate study finds glacial cooling altered tropical Pacific ocean patterns
A research team led by National Taiwan University used geochemical indicators from deep-sea sediments to reconstruct the upper ocean zonal gradients in the tropical Pacific during the last glacial period, providing valuable ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 23, 2024
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500,000 years of fossil records reveal climate change impacts on deep-sea ecosystems
Climate change impacts not only life on land but also the largely unexplored deep-sea ecosystem, home to unique and largely unexplored fauna. Deep-sea animals, which have adapted to stable and extreme environments, are particularly ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 23, 2024
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Baltimore's wastewater plants have made improvements: Will they bring lasting change?
All around the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant, Mike Hallmen points to evidence that change is afoot.
Environment
Dec 23, 2024
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Colorado's landfills leak climate-warming methane into the air: What's the state going to do about it?
Landfills in Colorado release millions of metric tons of greenhouse gases each year as organic waste including food, paper and yard trimmings decomposes into the soil, contributing to global warming and harming human health.
Environment
Dec 23, 2024
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Longer records bring climate change's impact on atmospheric circulation to light
The way climate change affects thermodynamic signals, such as atmospheric temperatures, is relatively well understood. Its effects on atmospheric circulation, however, are more complex because the atmosphere is noisy and ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 23, 2024
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Decades of observations uncover secrets of Antarctic fast ice
Sea ice that has persisted for at least 15 days and is held fast to the shoreline is called "fast ice." Around Antarctica, fast ice protects continental ice from ocean waves, creates unique ecological habitats for everything ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 23, 2024
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Massive Antarctic icebergs may calve at random, analysis suggests
Antarctica is losing ice quickly, in part because of climate change. Massive calving events, such as the one that formed the Delaware-sized (5,800 square kilometers, or 2,239 square miles) A-68 iceberg in 2017, can destabilize ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 23, 2024
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Carbon offsets can bring energy efficiency to low-income Americans—Nashville data is promising
Under pressure from customers and investors, many U.S. companies have pledged to voluntarily reduce their impact on the climate. But that doesn't always mean they're cutting their own greenhouse gas emissions.
Environment
Dec 22, 2024
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Cyclone Chido death toll rises to 94 in Mozambique
Cyclone Chido killed at least 94 people in Mozambique in its deadly rampage through the Indian Ocean last week, the country's disaster management agency said Sunday, raising a previous death toll of 76.
Environment
Dec 22, 2024
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Large earthquake hits battered Vanuatu
A magnitude-6.1 earthquake rattled buildings on Vanuatu's main island early Sunday but did not appear to have caused major damage, five days after a more powerful quake wreaked havoc and killed 12 people.
Environment
Dec 22, 2024
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Advanced algorithm reduces errors in land cover classification for landslide analysis
Land use and land cover (LULC) analysis has become increasingly significant in environmental studies due to its direct impact on the environment. Changes in LULC affect the ecological and climatic balance, in addition to ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 20, 2024
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The technosphere: A hidden long-term carbon sink in everyday items
We know a lot about how much fossil-derived carbon is emitted to the atmosphere but less about how much is stored in human-made products.
Environment
Dec 20, 2024
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Dripstones from Romanian cave offer insights into climate dynamics in Europe
Investigations into precipitation patterns in eastern Central Europe since the end of the last ice age, conducted by an international research team led by Dr. Sophie Warken of Heidelberg University, have shown that dynamic ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 20, 2024
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Intense ribbons of rain also bring the heat, scientists say
The environmental threat posed by atmospheric rivers—long, narrow ribbons of water vapor in the sky—doesn't come only in the form of concentrated, torrential downpours and severe flooding characteristic of these natural ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 20, 2024
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