A trio of researchers, one a sociologist at Princeton University, the other two public policy experts with the University of Michigan, has found that children living in Flint, Michigan, experienced educational declines after ...
Historic racial discrimination in property ownership is linked to reduced exposure to dangerous heat today, according to the first study to analyze the environmental impact of racial covenants in property deeds.
Economics & Business
Mar 5, 2024
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In the weeks following the devastating 2021 Marshall Fire, researchers from CU Boulder sifted through burned and unburned areas to test soils for toxic metals. Today, they report that although concentrations of toxic metals ...
Environment
Mar 5, 2024
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Long classified a federally threatened species, the small, stocky shorebirds are bouncing back, with more nesting on Bay State beaches this year than ever before, according to a Mass Audubon report.
Plants & Animals
Nov 15, 2023
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Weather extremes, such as heat waves and torrential rainfalls, are becoming more frequent and more intense across the United States under climate change.
Earth Sciences
Nov 10, 2023
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A plant near homes in southwest Dallas that renders animal fat into biofuel is shutting down after The Dallas Morning News found that it appears to be operating without proper zoning.
Environment
Oct 17, 2023
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For decades, thousands of athletes have gathered each fall at Malibu's Zuma Beach to swim, then bike and run along the coast in a race that has raised millions for local charities, including Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
Ecology
Sep 20, 2023
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After killing seven people in the past five years, sharks are enemy number one in France's Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia where the authorities have declared open season on the species in the hope of making beaches ...
Ecology
Sep 11, 2023
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With record-breaking temperatures across the South, smoke from Canadian wildfires across the North, historic flooding in the Northeast and a powerful hurricane in the Southeast, the summer of 2023 has presented a range of ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 6, 2023
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Southeast Michigan seemed like the perfect "climate haven."
Environment
Aug 24, 2023
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