Due to the high cost of air quality monitors, many countries don't have the tools in place to regularly monitor pollutants. Without routine measurements, policymakers cannot make evidence-based policy decisions to reduce ...
Environment
May 22, 2024
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Without immediate action to help the world's most vulnerable people adapt to climate change, millions face the prospect of their homes becoming unlivable, with no option but to leave.
Environment
May 22, 2024
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In a paper now published in Science, researchers from leading institutions worldwide propose a comprehensive strategy that connects the latest scientific insights to action on the high seas. The team developed a policy pathway ...
Environment
May 22, 2024
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A little bit of turbulence is a common experience for air travelers. Severe incidents are rare—but when they occur they can be deadly.
Environment
May 22, 2024
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Half of the world's mangrove ecosystems are at risk of collapse due to climate change, deforestation and pollution, according to a study published Wednesday.
Environment
May 22, 2024
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Will it rain tomorrow or will it be sunny? Better data and more computing power have made weather forecasts more accurate.
Environment
May 22, 2024
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In the fight for a livable planet, we desperately need a fairer distribution of wealth and equal rights for all, argues anthropology professor Marja Spierenburg. She says, "That will also generate broad-based support for ...
Environment
May 22, 2024
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Researchers have identified three distinct spatial types for summer extreme precipitation on the Tibetan Plateau: Northwest, Southeast, and Southern Himalayas types based on predefined thresholds for extreme precipitation. ...
Earth Sciences
May 22, 2024
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The risk to public health from human feces in our rivers and seas will increase without action to create a wastewater system fit for the future, according to a Leeds academic.
Environment
May 22, 2024
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New MBARI research on a field of pockmarks—large, circular depressions on the seafloor—offshore of Central California has revealed that powerful sediment flows, not methane gas eruptions, maintain these prehistoric formations.
Earth Sciences
May 21, 2024
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