Eyelashes and brows catch dust and debris from entering eyes. The same idea goes for tiny nose and ear hairs. At a more microscopic level, the tiny hair-like cilia that line human cells help detect subtle environmental changes ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 23, 2023
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You might have noticed it after sliding on a rock in a Melbourne creek. Or it could have been wading through a Northern Territory waterhole. It's slime, and our rivers are full of it. That's a good thing.
Ecology
Oct 16, 2023
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The once deep and coursing waters of the Doubs river in eastern France have shrunken to a dry bed that locals can cross almost without getting their feet wet.
Environment
Oct 10, 2023
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In July 2021, heavy rain fell across Central Europe, resulting in catastrophic flooding that killed more than 220 people and left a trail of destruction costing more than US $25 billion.
Earth Sciences
Sep 11, 2023
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On January 15, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in Tonga exploded, releasing large amounts of energy into the atmosphere and ocean, causing tsunamis across the Pacific Ocean. Scientists from the Shocks, Solitons ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 1, 2023
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Enormous amounts of sediment, or sand and mud, flowed through Houston waterways during Hurricane Harvey in 2017, due in part to modifications made by humans to bayous, rivers and streams over the past century, that could ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2023
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Researchers at the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) published their findings on the drastic short-term alterations in rivers accompanied by shifts in vegetation and geomorphology drawn from ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 22, 2023
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Low cost, human-made river barriers, similar to those built by beavers, can protect communities at risk of flooding.
Plants & Animals
Aug 21, 2023
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The ongoing lack of rain and hot conditions have left one of North America's longest rivers in dire shape again, prompting water managers on Thursday to warn farmers in central New Mexico who depend on the Rio Grande that ...
Environment
Aug 18, 2023
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How high are concentrations of microplastics in the environment, in our drinking water or in foods? Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed an automated analysis method for the identification ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 26, 2023
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