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A 'precautionary pause' is logical way forward for deep-sea mining, say researchers
Pressure on the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to finalize and adopt regulations for deep-sea mining is increasing. While some ISA member states are hoping to see progress soon, a growing number of states are demanding ...
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Dissociation is a coping mechanism that impedes effective climate action, experts argue
Collective dissociation is preventing people from taking effective action to tackle the overwhelming climate emergency, finds research published in Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health.
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Boundaries of drainage basins shifted faster during past episodes of climate change, geologists suggest
Using a unique field site in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev geologists have presented the first-ever time-dependent record of drainage divide migration rates. Prof. Liran Goren, her student Elhanan Harel, and ...
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Higher ozone levels tied to heart attack risk for young adults
Research has linked higher levels of air pollution to the risk of acute myocardial infarctions, or heart attacks. How these risks differ by demographic, type of air pollution, and type of heart attack is less clear, however, ...
Environment
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Q&A: Next-generation hazard maps to help society change and enhance disaster resilience
When trying to improve, refine, and seek more efficiency in disaster management measures, predicting the extent of disaster damage more accurately and communicating the assessments in a coherent manner become crucial elements ...
Environment
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Earth's orbital rhythms link timing of giant eruptions and climate change
An international team of scientists has synchronized key climate records from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to unravel the sequence of events during the last million years before the extinction of the dinosaurs at the Cretaceous/Paleogene ...
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Measurements collected with underwater gliders help researchers understand deep water circulation in Gulf of Mexico
Ventilation is an important process within the global ocean, where waters sink to deeper layers, are transported by deep currents, and eventually get upwelled back to the surface. This process affects the distribution of ...
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Volcanic activity billions of years ago set the stage for Earth's oxygen-rich atmosphere, research suggests
It is widely believed that Earth's atmosphere has been rich in oxygen for about 2.5 billion years due to a relatively rapid increase in microorganisms capable of performing photosynthesis. Researchers, including those from ...
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Women and girls are on the front line of climate change—but their stories are seldom heard
Women and girls are disproportionately affected by the climate crisis. They are more likely to suffer health consequences as a result of floods, droughts, heat waves, air pollution, wildfires and other environmental disasters.
Environment
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NZ's glaciers have already lost nearly a third of their ice—as more vanishes, landscapes and lives change
New Zealand ranks third globally in the proportion of ice lost from glaciers. Almost 30% of ice volume has melted during the past 24 years and what remains is disappearing at an accelerating pace, according to a recent global ...
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How ocean giants are born: Tracking the long-distance impact and danger of extreme swells
Late last year, a massive ocean swell caused by a low pressure system in the North Pacific generated waves up to 20 meters high, and damaged coastlines and property thousands of kilometers from its source.
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Residents evacuated as Guatemalan volcano spews lava, rocks
Guatemalan authorities evacuated around a thousand people on Monday after Central America's most active volcano erupted, spewing lava, ash and rocks.
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Floods hit eastern Australia, 190,000 properties blacked out
Torrential rain from the remnants of Cyclone Alfred flooded swathes of Australia's east coast on Monday, as workers battled to restore power to more than 190,000 homes and businesses.
Environment
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Scientists say Trump cuts threaten climate research, public safety
Climate scientist Tom Di Liberto had dreamed of working at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) since college. After more than a decade as a contractor, he finally secured a full-time position nearly ...
Environment
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Argentina port city 'destroyed' by massive rainstorm, 13 dead
Argentina's port city of Bahia Blanca has been "destroyed" after being pummeled by a year's worth of rain in a matter of hours, killing 13 and driving hundreds from their homes, authorities said Saturday.
Environment
Mar 9, 2025
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Floods, mass power cuts as wild weather bashes eastern Australia
Gusts and torrential rain have blacked out more than a quarter of a million properties and swamped parts of Australia's east coast, officials said Sunday, with one driver confirmed dead and a dozen troops injured in the wild ...
Environment
Mar 9, 2025
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New research highlights flaws in cyclone risk evaluation
A new systematic review has revealed serious shortcomings in the evaluation of cyclone risk in Australia and worldwide. The research, which analyzed 94 studies on cyclone risk, warns that existing approaches may be failing ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 8, 2025
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Earth's oldest impact crater was just found in Australia—exactly where geologists hoped it would be
We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The crater formed more than 3.5 billion years ago, making it the oldest known by more than a billion ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 8, 2025
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Ex-cyclone batters Australia, causing huge blackouts
Ex-Cyclone Alfred stalled off the rain- and wind-lashed coast of eastern Australia on Saturday, threatening to unleash floods after blacking out more than 330,000 homes and businesses.
Environment
Mar 8, 2025
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Ten dead, hundreds evacuated in Argentina floods
At least ten people were killed and more than a thousand evacuated in the Argentine port city of Bahia Blanca on Friday as torrential rains flooded homes and hospitals, destroyed roads and forced officials to cut power.
Environment
Mar 8, 2025
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