Some but not all U.S. metro areas could grow all the food they need locally, according to a new study estimating the degree to which the American food supply could be localized based on population, geography, and diet.
Environment
Sep 14, 2020
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Environmental destruction may make pandemics more likely and less manageable, new research suggests.
Ecology
Jun 29, 2020
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Since millions of Californians began staying at home and off the roads in March, air quality in the Golden State has visibly improved. Once life returns to normal, however, air pollution levels are likely to return to their ...
Environment
May 5, 2020
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Aerosol emissions from burning coal and wood are dangerous to human health, but it turns out that by cooling the Earth they also diminish global economic inequality, according to a new study by Carnegie's Yixuan Zheng, Geeta ...
Environment
Feb 18, 2020
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Spending time outdoors is long understood to offer mental health perks, including reduced stress, improved sleep and enhanced cognition.
Environment
Nov 12, 2019
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Despite humanity's best efforts to eradicate malaria, the disease struck more than 200 million people in 2017, according to the World Health Organization. Worse yet, the parasite that causes malaria is developing resistance ...
Biochemistry
Oct 16, 2019
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Amid rollbacks of the Clean Power Plan and other environmental regulations at the federal level, several U.S. states, cities, and towns have resolved to take matters into their own hands and implement policies to promote ...
Environment
Aug 15, 2019
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Marine shipping fuels will get a whole lot cleaner in 2020 when a regulation by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requires fuels to contain 80-86 percent less sulphur.
Environment
Feb 6, 2018
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The USA will benefit from improved air quality in the future, through actions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions both domestically and globally.
Environment
Nov 13, 2017
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A detailed analysis of the lives of nearly a thousand people from birth to age 38 shows that a small portion of the population accounts for the lion's share of social costs such as crime, welfare dependence and health-care ...
Social Sciences
Dec 12, 2016
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