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Environment Mar 5, 2024

Opinion: Why hosting an Olympics competition in Tahiti is a really bad idea

Last year, the International Olympic Committee announced that the South Pacific island of Tahiti will host the two-day surfing competition for the 2024 Paris Summer Games. The site in question, Teahupo'o, is revered among ...

Environment Feb 29, 2024

Blizzard warning of up to 10 feet of snow in the Sierra could make travel 'dangerous to impossible'

A Pacific storm packing powerful winds and heavy snow is shaping up to be the strongest of the season, forecasters say, as it pushes toward California with potential blizzard conditions in the Sierra and up to 10 feet (3 ...

Economics & Business Feb 25, 2024

Does hosting the Olympics, the World Cup or other major sports events really pay off?

After a long battle, Paris's beloved bouquinistes will be staying put this summer. The decision, announced on 13 February by the French government, came after considerable public backlash to the police prefecture's original ...

Earth Sciences Feb 22, 2024

Cooler, wetter parts of Pacific Northwest likely to see more fires, new simulations predict

Forests in the coolest, wettest parts of the western Pacific Northwest are likely to see the biggest increases in burn probability, fire size and number of blazes as the climate continues to get warmer and drier, according ...

Ecology Feb 20, 2024

Even very low levels of pesticide exposure can affect fish for generations, study finds

Fish exposed to some pesticides at extremely low concentrations for a brief period of time can demonstrate lasting behavioral changes, with the impact extending to offspring that were never exposed firsthand, a recent study ...

Environment Feb 13, 2024

Forever chemicals in ski wax are being spread on snowy slopes

Every February half-term, I think back to the French ski trips I went on as a teenager. I remember the freshness of the cold, crisp air as I snow-plowed my way down the slopes. Escaping to somewhere seemingly so pristine ...

Social Sciences Feb 9, 2024

Ski like a girl: Researchers reveal hidden histories of women in Nordic sport

When Lyndsay Conrad dove into her archival research on early 20th-century ski history in Alberta, she found women were missing in the standard narratives, yet leap out in old University of Alberta yearbooks from the 1930s.

Biochemistry Feb 8, 2024

Researchers unveil method to detect 'forever chemicals' in under 3 minutes

PFAS have earned the name "forever chemicals" with good reason—the man-made compounds, which can take thousands of years to degrade and are found in everything from grease-resistant food packaging to water-repellent clothing, ...

Environment Feb 5, 2024

Heat wave risk hovers over Paris Olympics

Scorching summer heat is hard to imagine now in mid-winter Paris, but in six months when the world's athletes arrive for the Olympics, another pounding heat wave would spell trouble for organizers.

Environment Feb 4, 2024

Parisians vote in anti-SUV parking and pollution referendum

Polling stations opened in Paris on Sunday for a referendum on tripling parking costs for hefty SUV-style cars, a campaign that has drivers' groups up in arms against city hall.

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