For the first time, NASA data about nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a harmful air pollutant, is available on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) widely used Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool (EJScreen). This ...
Environment
Aug 6, 2024
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"Sustainability" and "resilience" have become buzzwords in recent years, but many people don't know what either term really means. As an economist who studies environmental issues, I believe an important first step to solving ...
Environment
Aug 5, 2024
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Eighty years after his inception, Smokey the Bear continues to evoke the importance of wildfire prevention in the United States. However, another environmental mascot was introduced around the same time whose history has ...
Social Sciences
Aug 5, 2024
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Underwater grasses in the Chesapeake Bay are on the rebound, but environmentalists say more needs to be done to improve the health of the bay and meet upcoming goals.
Ecology
Aug 5, 2024
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Assessments of how transportation pollution affects health often fail to prioritize the needs or concerns of communities experiencing disproportionate exposure to environmental hazards, such as low-income areas or communities ...
Environment
Aug 2, 2024
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Two of the planet's more pressing environmental stressors have the potential to alter the growth and reproductive output of plants found right along the world's coastlines, a new study suggests.
Environment
Aug 2, 2024
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Nearly 90% of North America's lakes are located in Canada. That's why they make up such an enormous part of our landscape. Among their many vital functions, lakes are essential to the biodiversity of our territory and constitute ...
Environment
Aug 2, 2024
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Students in Japan are more likely to be apathetic towards or confused by climate change than concerned or actively involved in the issue, according to research at the University of Tokyo. The work is published in the journal ...
Education
Aug 1, 2024
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There have been ongoing accusations that international students are flooding university towns and taking up all the affordable housing. These narratives paint international students as the culprit, but a new study affirms ...
Economics & Business
Aug 1, 2024
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Controlling the crystal phase of cobalt nanoparticles leads to exceptional catalytic performance in hydrogenation processes, report scientists from Tokyo Tech.
Materials Science
Aug 1, 2024
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