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Simulating the origin and evolution of the North Atlantic Oscillation shows how it helped shape Earth
A simulation on the origin and evolution of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) has been conducted by a PKU research team led by Nie Ji, Associate Professor of the School of Physics; and Hu Yongyun, Dean of the Institute ...
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North America is dripping from below, geoscientists discover
Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the remnants of a tectonic plate sinking in Earth's mantle may be the reason why.
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Enhanced westerly winds lead to increased ocean heat transport to the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, study finds
A research group led by Associate Professor Kohei Mizobata, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, including researchers from the National Institute of Polar Research, the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science ...
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Tree rings from Canada's Gaspésie mountains reveal effects of global warming dating back almost a century
A study of tree rings in the Gaspesie's Sainte-Anne River area reveals that snowpacks have been declining noticeably in the region's mountains for nearly nine decades. The researchers say the phenomenon is directly linked ...
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Microplastics pollution from glitter can disrupt marine biomineralization
New research reveals that PET-based glitter microplastics can actively influence biomineralization processes in marine environments, raising fresh concerns about the long-term environmental impact of microplastic pollution ...
Environment
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The rivers that science says shouldn't exist
Rivers join downstream, flow downhill, and eventually meet an ocean or terminal lake: These are fundamental rules of how waterways and basins are supposed to work. But rules are made to be broken. In the journal Water Resources ...
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South Africans flush toilets with drinkable water. Study in Cape Town looked at using seawater instead
As the planet gets hotter and freshwater sources dry up, cities and towns will not be able to continue the global norm of using millions of liters of clean, drinkable water to flush toilets. South Africa's Water Research ...
Environment
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Surprising number of environmental pollutants found in hedgehogs
Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers at Lund University in Sweden found in a new study when they collected dead hedgehogs ...
Environment
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A classification of drugs based on their environmental impact
Scientists at the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and University center Unisanté classified 35 commonly used drugs in Switzerland based on their impact on the aquatic biodiversity. The aim of this research is to provide medical ...
Environment
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Air pollution and traffic noise increase the risk of stroke through combination effect
Research from the Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM), Karolinska Institutet shows that air pollution and traffic noise together may pose a greater risk for stroke than either factor alone. The researchers found that ...
Environment
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Global warming of more than 3°C this century may wipe 40% off the world's economy, new analysis reveals
The damage climate change will inflict on the world's economy is likely to have been massively underestimated, according to new research by my colleagues and me, which accounts for the full global reach of extreme weather ...
Environment
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Torrential rains created devastating inland seas in outback Queensland. Soon, they will fill Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre
The small Queensland town of Eromanga bills itself as Australia's town furthest from the sea. But this week, an ocean of freshwater arrived.
Environment
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New research reveals dramatically higher loss of GDP under 4°C warming
New projections by the UNSW Institute for Climate Risk & Response (ICRR) reveal a 4°C rise in global temperatures would cut world GDP by around 40% by 2100—a stark increase from previous estimates of around 11%.
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Urban cemeteries are at capacity. Here's how they can be more sustainable
Approximately 170,000 people die every day around the world—that's around 62 million deaths in 2024 alone. The cumulative effect of this has led to what has been termed a "burial crisis," with most urban areas where burial ...
Environment
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Inner London residents told me their food waste problems—composting definitely isn't the answer
"It's always frustrated me that we can't compost here—even though I get why. Tower blocks just aren't built for it," said Alexandra, a 42-year-old Tower Hamlets resident, living on the ninth floor. She gestures toward the ...
Environment
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Research exposes challenges in flood evacuation planning
New UC research has highlighted the underestimated relevance of water velocity in flood evacuation planning, a danger highlighted by the flooding in Valencia in 2024.
Environment
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Scientists develop ultraprecise, efficient and flexible technique for counting and analyzing nanoplastics
While the threat that microplastics pose to human and ecological health has been richly documented and is well known, nanoplastics, which are smaller than one micrometer (1/50th the thickness of an average human hair), are ...
Environment
Apr 1, 2025
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Volcano erupts in southwestern Iceland after a nearby town and spa are evacuated
A volcano in southwestern Iceland that has erupted repeatedly for more than a year again belched lava and smoke into the air on Tuesday, just hours after authorities evacuated the few remaining residents of a nearby fishing ...
Environment
Apr 1, 2025
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'Heartbreaking' floods swamp Australia's cattle country
Whole herds of cattle have drowned in vast inland floods sweeping across the Australian outback, officials said Tuesday, as the muddy tide drenched an area the size of France.
Environment
Apr 1, 2025
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Real-time analysis reveals a much higher proportion of harmful substances in particulate matter than assumed
People breathing contaminated air over the course of years are at greater risk of developing numerous diseases. This is thought to be due to highly reactive components in particulate matter, which affect biological processes ...
Environment
Mar 31, 2025
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Scientists explain why Myanmar quake was so deadly
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