The race toward net-zero emissions depends heavily on lithium—to power electric vehicles, to store wind and solar power.
Environment
Jan 19, 2023
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The Salton Sea, California's most polluted inland lake, has lost a third of its water in the last 25 years. New research has determined a decline in Colorado River flow is the reason for that shrinking.
Earth Sciences
Oct 10, 2022
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Scraping the smelly sargassum seaweed off some beaches on Mexico's resort-studded Caribbean coast has become not only a nightmare, but possibly a health threat, for the workers doing it—with the quantities washing ashore ...
Ecology
Aug 30, 2022
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The bulldog is a beloved British icon, according to a new study—one that is in very poor shape.
Veterinary medicine
Aug 4, 2022
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Iraq temporarily closed Baghdad airport Monday as choking clouds of dust blanketed the capital, the latest crippling sandstorm in a country that has warned climate change poses an "existential threat".
Environment
Jun 13, 2022
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Iraq closed public buildings and temporarily shut airports Monday as another sandstorm—the ninth since mid-April—hit the country.
Environment
May 23, 2022
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The world's tallest building disappeared behind a grey layer of dust on Wednesday as sandstorms that have swept the Middle East hit the United Arab Emirates, prompting weather and traffic warnings.
Environment
May 18, 2022
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Another sandstorm that descended Monday on Iraq sent at least 2,000 people to hospital with breathing problems and led to the closure of airports, schools and public offices across the country.
Environment
May 16, 2022
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A beautiful sunset over the Atlantic off the Florida coast, or an orangey glow in the Texas sky at dusk may be caused by dust from West Africa, according to researchers who are looking at the paths of particulate matter in ...
Environment
Apr 20, 2022
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Cilia, the little "hairs" attached to almost all cells of the human body, play a role in various cellular functions and cause diseases called ciliopathies when they are defective. Researchers from the group of Patrick Matthias ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 20, 2022
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