People in big cities breathe bad air. Bad air that consists of particulate matter and other pollutants, which pose health risks to urban citizens. Researchers led by Dr. Martin Ramacher of the Hereon Institute of Coastal ...
Environment
Feb 21, 2023
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In response to a high-competition environment, Trinidadian killifish evolve larger brains, increasing their fitness and survival rates, according to a new study in Ecology Letters by biologists at The University of Texas ...
Evolution
Oct 20, 2022
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Some bat species are more likely to be found in cities than in the countryside. A scientific team from Freie Universität Berlin, the University of Greifswald, the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 11, 2022
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About 29 percent of the United States' population live in coastline counties—more than 41 million are in Atlantic counties. This high population density poses a critical challenge to sustainable developments in coastal ...
Earth Sciences
May 25, 2022
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This may sound counterintuitive, but reducing the number of animals in a population can help the remaining individuals to survive through the winter.
Plants & Animals
Feb 17, 2022
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Cities emerged as the epicenters of the COVID-19 pandemic: roughly 90 percent of COVID-19 infections worldwide were reported in urban settings. And poor urban neighborhoods were hit especially hard.
Other
Jan 11, 2022
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While most of the largest U.S. wildfires occur in the Western U.S., almost three-quarters of the smoke-related deaths and visits to the emergency room for asthma occur east of the Rocky Mountains.
Earth Sciences
Oct 4, 2021
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Millions of people die prematurely every year from diseases and cancer caused by air pollution. The first line of defense against this carnage is ambient air quality standards. Yet, according to researchers from McGill University, ...
Environment
Mar 11, 2021
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While women can be drawn into farming for many reasons, researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences have found that female-owned farms in the U.S. are more common in areas that are closer to urban markets, ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 2, 2021
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Around 194 million birds and 29 million mammals are thought to be killed each year on European roads, according to a new study that has ranked the most vulnerable species.An international research team used 90 roadkill surveys ...
Ecology
Jun 10, 2020
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