Picture Boston Harbor, a few years from now. The East Boston Greenway, a leafy urban trail, no longer stops a block from the pier, but extends into the ocean. A floating semi-circular trail arcs across the water; cyclists ...
Earth Sciences
May 26, 2023
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New maps from NIWA and the Deep South National Science Challenge show areas across Aotearoa New Zealand that could be inundated by extreme coastal flooding. They show a large storm-tide with the sea-level rise that we are ...
Earth Sciences
May 25, 2023
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Despite years of effort and advances in understanding how salinity tolerance works in plants, very few salt-tolerant crops have been released for commercial use.
Agriculture
May 22, 2023
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The death toll from Cyclone Mocha which barrelled through the Bay of Bengal rose on Monday as contact was slowly restored to western Myanmar, with 29 people reported dead.
Environment
May 15, 2023
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Authorities in Bangladesh and Myanmar prepared to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people Friday, warning them to stay away from coastal areas as a severe cyclone churned in the Bay of Bengal.
Environment
May 12, 2023
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New research by Virginia Tech scientists shows that sections of the Chesapeake Bay are sinking at rates of nearly a quarter an inch—or 7 millimeters—a year. Further, up-to-date knowledge of where the ground in the Chesapeake ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 27, 2023
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Natural disasters can devastate a region, abruptly killing the species that form an ecosystem's structure. But how this transpires can influence recovery. While fires scorch the landscape to the ground, a heatwave leaves ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 5, 2023
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The National Hurricane Center is lengthening its prediction times for tropical weather formations from five days to seven days for the upcoming hurricane season, giving Floridians a bit more time to consider storm threats.
Earth Sciences
Apr 3, 2023
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The death and destruction caused by Hurricanes Fiona and Ian last year has prompted the UN weather agency to remove the names from a rotating list of storm titles, it said Wednesday.
Environment
Mar 29, 2023
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Some of the most pivotal climate-change questions—and potential solutions—focus on Florida.
Earth Sciences
Mar 14, 2023
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