A long-term Pacific Northwest study of landslides, clear-cutting timber and building roads shows that a forest's management history has a greater impact on how often landslides occur and how severe they are compared to how ...
Environment
Jan 18, 2023
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Ultrafine particles form during combustion processes, for example, when wood or biomass is burned, as well as in power-generating and industrial processes. Alongside road traffic, large airports are a major source of these ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 9, 2023
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A historic and brutal winter storm put some 240 million Americans under weather warnings Friday as the United States faced holiday travel chaos, with thousands of flights canceled and major highways closed.
Environment
Dec 23, 2022
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It can be easy to assume that the vast stretches of desert in southeastern Utah and southwestern Colorado are mostly barren landscapes—but in truth, the sagebrush-strewn Colorado Plateau is awash with treasure.
Plants & Animals
Dec 16, 2022
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The world's most powerful neutrino beam is one step closer to becoming a reality. The Proton Improvement Plan II, or PIP-II, project reached a milestone in October when it successfully performed a transportation test of a ...
Plasma Physics
Dec 14, 2022
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A team of UT researchers from the Faculties of ITC, BMS and ET has recently published a new study in the International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation that found using digital twins can improve planning ...
Environment
Dec 13, 2022
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Lava from the world's largest volcano is no longer an imminent threat to the main highway across the Big Island of Hawaii, scientists said Thursday, a development that was a welcome reprieve for motorists who depend on the ...
Environment
Dec 8, 2022
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About a week-and-a-half since the world's largest volcano began erupting, Hawaii officials continue to brace for slow-moving lava to intersect with a crucial Big Island road, even though scientists are not sure when or even ...
Environment
Dec 8, 2022
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Recently, Associate Professor LV Qinqin from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), constructed the first largescale, semi-quantitative Sr-Nd isotope baseline for ...
Archaeology
Dec 6, 2022
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Rivers of glowing lava oozing from the world's largest volcano shouldn't be able to reach the main highway linking the east and west coasts of Hawaii's Big Island for at least a week, an official said Thursday.
Environment
Dec 1, 2022
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