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Researchers reveal the dynamic processes that sculpt the Arctic seafloor
MBARI researchers, working alongside a team of international collaborators, have discovered large underwater ice formations at the edge of the Canadian Beaufort Sea, located in a remote region of the Arctic. This discovery ...
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Why wildfires started by human activities can be more destructive and harder to contain
Wildfires are becoming increasingly destructive across the U.S., as the country is seeing in 2024. Firefighters were battling large blazes in several states from California to North Dakota in early October 2024, including ...
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Manawanui sinking: An expert explains why a speedy cleanup will be crucial—and the main challenges ahead
Speed will be of the essence as salvage crews attempt to stop fuel leaking from the sunken New Zealand naval ship off the coast of Samoa.
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700 million plastic bottles: We worked out how much microplastic is in Queensland's Moreton Bay
When it rains heavily, plastic waste is washed off our streets into rivers, flowing out to the ocean. Most plastic is trapped in estuaries and coastal ecosystems, with a small fraction ending up offshore in the high seas.
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Hurricane Milton explodes into a powerful Category 5 storm as it heads for Florida—how rapid intensification works
Hurricane Milton went from barely hurricane strength to a dangerous Category 5 storm in less than 24 hours as it headed across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida.
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Climate report warns of escalating crisis, urges immediate action as UN summit nears
An international coalition led by Oregon State University scientists concludes in its annual report published in BioScience that the Earth's worsening vital signs indicate a "critical and unpredictable new phase of the climate ...
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Q&A: Long-term impacts of hurricane flooding on inland areas
After making landfall, Hurricane Helene moved north and dumped an enormous amount of rainfall onto the mountainous regions of Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee, leading to catastrophic flooding hundreds of miles ...
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September second-warmest on record: EU climate monitor
Last month was the second-warmest September ever registered globally in an exceptional year "almost certain" to become the hottest on record, the EU climate monitor Copernicus said on Tuesday.
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From Bolivia to Indonesia, deforestation continues apace
Deforestation continued last year at a rate far beyond pledges to end the practice by 2030, according to a major study published Tuesday.
Environment
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The other greenhouse gases warming the planet
While carbon dioxide, or CO2, is the best known greenhouse gas, several others, including methane and nitrous oxide, are also driving global warming and altering the Earth's climate.
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Control the path and power of hurricanes like Milton? Forget it, scientists say
Hurricanes are humanity's reminder of the uncontrollable, chaotic power of Earth's weather.
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Hurricane Milton roars towards storm-battered Florida
Hurricane Milton barreled towards Florida as a weakened but still major Category 4 storm on Tuesday, threatening the US state with a second ferocious hurricane in as many weeks.
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UN biodiversity summit in Colombia aims to turn words into action
Two years after a landmark UN-brokered deal to protect nature from a massive wave of destruction, delegates will gather at a new COP in Colombia in late October to assess their progress.
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For UN Agenda: Data gaps detected in 193 countries
To make informed decisions, governments and international organizations need data. The United Nations has been analyzing the global availability of such data together with ETH Zurich. This has brought to light some surprising ...
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Lusatia's transformation from coal is falling short on environmental sustainability, German study finds
A total of 10.3 billion euros of federal funding and several hundred million euros of state funding have been allocated to support the structural transformation of the Lusatian coal district in Brandenburg, Germany. But are ...
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Report on global water resources: Conditions in 2023 were either too dry or too wet
Not only was 2023 characterized by unprecedentedly high temperatures but also by excessive droughts in many parts of the world as well as floods in other areas. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has now presented ...
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Air pollution inside Philadelphia's subway is much worse than on the streets, study finds
The air quality in the City Hall subway station in downtown Philadelphia is much worse than on the sidewalks directly above the station. That is a key finding of our new study published in the Journal of Exposure Science ...
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UN warns world's water cycle becoming ever more erratic
Increasingly intense floods and droughts are a "distress signal" of what is to come as climate change makes the planet's water cycle ever more unpredictable, the United Nations warned Monday.
Environment
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Intensifying to Category 5, Hurricane Milton targets Florida
Hurricane Milton exploded in strength Monday to become a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm bound for Florida, threatening the US state with a second ferocious hurricane in as many weeks.
Environment
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Hurricane Helene drone flight breaks records for data collection and flying time
As Hurricane Helene developed in the Gulf of Mexico, NOAA researchers gathered critical data from the sea and sky to better understand tropical cyclones and support the National Hurricane Center forecasters. This real time ...
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