Can sending fewer emails or emptying your inbox really help fight climate change?
The massive carbon footprint left behind by emails has been widely discussed by the media, but most of the time these discussions are exaggerated.
The massive carbon footprint left behind by emails has been widely discussed by the media, but most of the time these discussions are exaggerated.
Environment
Dec 15, 2022
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Images of the protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Zhina Amini on Sept. 16, 2022, in Iran and reports of the government's brutal crackdown have circulated widely on social media. This flow of information ...
Social Sciences
Dec 13, 2022
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In contact with a solid the surface of ice melts, forming a lubricant layer which is self-perpetuating, as greater weight and slippage are applied to it. This cooperative phenomenon makes the ice more slippery and more likely ...
General Physics
Dec 12, 2022
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Researchers have found that human-made noise pollution causes robins living in rural areas to become more physically aggressive.
Plants & Animals
Dec 7, 2022
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University of California scientists have a new way to demonstrate which neighborhoods returned to pre-pandemic levels of air pollution after COVID restrictions ended.
Environment
Dec 5, 2022
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Norwegian greenhouse gas emissions from air traffic are more than twice as high as the worldwide average.
Environment
Dec 1, 2022
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Low-traffic neighborhoods (LTNs) reduce traffic and air pollution without displacing the problem to nearby streets, new research has shown.
Environment
Nov 25, 2022
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A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake jolted the Solomon Islands Tuesday afternoon, overturning tables and sending people racing for higher ground.
Environment
Nov 22, 2022
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The first manned flight of Boeing's Starliner space capsule has been postponed again, and is now scheduled for April, NASA announced Thursday.
Space Exploration
Nov 4, 2022
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Urban smog is a major threat to human health. New sensors and data-collection techniques will help to improve air quality.
Planetary Sciences
Nov 2, 2022
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