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New study highlights global aridification, threat to agriculture
A long-term shift toward drier conditions is reshaping landscapes and livelihoods across the globe. Known as aridification, this gradual drying trend now affects 2.3 billion people and 40% of Earth's land, with serious implications ...
Environment
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On the horizon? Wave of momentum for high seas treaty
A treaty to protect the high seas will not come to life by the time the UN Oceans Conference opens in June, but persistence by member states has nudged the landmark pact toward enactment.
Environment
Apr 26, 2025
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'Cryosphere meltdown' will impact Arctic marine carbon cycles and ecosystems, new study warns
A new study led by Jochen Knies from the iC3 Polar Research Hub has found worrying signs that climate change may be undermining the capacity of Arctic fjords to serve as effective carbon sinks. The findings suggest that the ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 25, 2025
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Fiber-sensing technology can provide early warning for volcanic eruptions
The Reykjanes Peninsula at Iceland's southwestern edge is one of the country's most populated regions, and it is also one of the most volcanically active. In 2024, sensing technology developed at Caltech was deployed in the ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 25, 2025
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Study shows 90% metal pollution drop in Adirondack waters five decades after the clean air act
A study published by researchers at the University at Albany has presented the first documented evidence that Adirondack surface waters have made a near full recovery from metal pollution since the enactment of the Clean ...
Environment
Apr 25, 2025
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NASA tracks snowmelt to improve water management
As part of a science mission tracking one of Earth's most precious resources—water—NASA's C-20A aircraft conducted a series of seven research flights in March that can help researchers track the process and timeline as ...
Environment
Apr 25, 2025
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Left alone by humans, wildlife returns to the Eaton Fire burn area
Behind the remains of a town scorched by fire, the foothills are lush with new green and filled with birdsong.
Environment
Apr 25, 2025
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Iraq farmers turn to groundwater to boost desert yield
Farmer Hadi Saheb cannot wait to see his wheat fields flourish in the heart of the desert after he tapped into groundwater reserves in water-starved Iraq.
Environment
Apr 25, 2025
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US opposes 'dangerous' anti-fossil fuel policies at global summit
An international summit on the future of energy security opened in London on Thursday with stark opposition from Washington, which called policies to phase out fossil fuels "harmful and dangerous".
Environment
Apr 24, 2025
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Seeing lost winters, not just rising temperatures, shakes climate indifference
Slowing human-caused climate change requires decisive action, but the slow upward creep of global temperatures contributes to apathy among people who don't experience regular climate-driven disasters, psychologists say. In ...
Environment
Apr 24, 2025
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Underground nuclear test explosions can be hidden within earthquake signals, study suggests
Could the seismic signal of an underground nuclear test explosion be "hidden" by the signal generated by a natural earthquake?
Earth Sciences
Apr 24, 2025
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Massive icebergs once roamed off coast of the UK
A new study reveals there was a time when massive icebergs, like the ones we see in Antarctica today, were drifting less than 90 miles off the U.K. coastline.
Earth Sciences
Apr 24, 2025
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Seafloor disturbance in Baltic Sea turns carbon sink into surprising CO₂ source
The resuspension of seafloor sediments—triggered by human activities such as bottom trawling as well as natural processes like storms and tides—can significantly increase the release of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere. ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 24, 2025
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Wishcycling: How 'eco-friendly' labels confuse shoppers and make recycling less effective
Have you ever thrown something in the recycling bin, hoping it's recyclable? Maybe a toothpaste tube, bubble wrap or plastic toy labeled "eco-friendly"?
Environment
Apr 24, 2025
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Preparing today to save lives tomorrow: Study finds gaps in British Columbia's extreme heat response plans
Local authorities must do more to prepare communities in British Columbia for the dangers of extreme heat, according to a new research paper from Simon Fraser University.
Environment
Apr 24, 2025
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Melting ice could boost north-east Greenland marine environment's productivity
The amount of marine life off north-east Greenland could expand by more than a quarter, according to new research.
Earth Sciences
Apr 24, 2025
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The ocean can look deceptively calm—until it isn't. Here's what 'hazardous surf' really means
Over the Easter weekend, seven people drowned along the Australian coast. Most were swept off rock platforms— extremely dangerous locations that are increasingly prevalent in Australia's coastal fatality data.
Environment
Apr 24, 2025
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Countries could use forests to 'mask' needed emission cuts: Report
Major economies are overstating how much carbon their forests can absorb in a climate accounting fudge that could allow them to use even more fossil fuels, new research said Thursday.
Environment
Apr 24, 2025
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Keeping tabs on native woodland vegetation in times of flood and drought
Like farmland in Australia, native forests struggle with drought and flooding, so future management decisions need more sophisticated systems to monitor and manage their water needs.
Environment
Apr 24, 2025
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Nature positive: Lots of rhetoric, little reality
A new article led by Griffith University argues that the term nature positive is being adopted more for political rhetoric and less for any real-life improvement in nature conservation, posing a new risk to biodiversity.
Environment
Apr 24, 2025
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