An improved global understanding of river temperature could provide an important barometer for climate change and other human activities.
Environment
Feb 22, 2023
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Bicycles whirr by, students rush to class, staff and faculty are grabbing lunch or coffee on the go—and sheep graze the grassy knolls among the traffic, bleating every now and then. The grazing is their job.
Agriculture
Feb 22, 2023
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In the arid and drought-stricken western Great Basin, sparse surface water means rural communities often rely on private groundwater wells. Unlike municipal water systems, well water quality in private wells is unregulated, ...
Environment
Feb 22, 2023
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The size, strength and makeup of people's social networks are key indicators of how they will respond to the health consequences of an environmental disaster, according to a new Cornell study that focused on the Flint, Michigan, ...
Social Sciences
Feb 21, 2023
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When officials released the video of Tyre Nichols' death at the hands of five Memphis police officers in late January, a warning was attached advising of its graphic content.
Social Sciences
Feb 14, 2023
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A group of local leaders and public health researchers are sharing their process for responding to racism as a public health crisis, with the goal of supporting other municipalities and organizations in addressing the links ...
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2023
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Fine particulate matter, or soot pollution, is in the air we breathe and has been linked to asthma, heart disease and early death, disproportionately affecting urban communities of color.
Environment
Jan 31, 2023
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As the video goes public of Black police officers in Memphis beating Tyre Nichols to death, it is a stark reminder of George Floyd's murder by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020. That set up the largest protests in U.S. ...
Social Sciences
Jan 31, 2023
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The benefits of zoos to society and local communities are largely underestimated by the wider population, new research shows.
Social Sciences
Jan 27, 2023
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In 2033, NASA and China plan to send the first crewed missions to Mars. These missions will launch every two years when Earth and Mars are at the closest points in their orbits (Mars Opposition). It will take these missions ...
Space Exploration
Jan 26, 2023
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