US officials girded Saturday for the possibility of mass fatalities from raging wildfires up and down the West Coast, as evacuees recounted the pain of leaving everything behind in the face of fast-moving flames.
Environment
Sep 12, 2020
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Any uptake in electric vehicle use must be mirrored by the development of clean energy grids to mitigate both climate change and air pollution.
Environment
Jul 7, 2020
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Among the Earth's biggest allies in the fight against global warming are the world's oceans. Since the industrial revolution, the burning of fossil fuels has caused carbon dioxide, the dominant greenhouse gas, to be released ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 1, 2020
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The West Coast Dungeness crab fishery doesn't just support the most valuable annual harvest of seafood on the West Coast. It's a fishery that just keeps on giving.
Ecology
Mar 6, 2020
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The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM satellite provided a look at the rainfall occurring within Tropical Cyclone Uesi and found heaviest rainfall in the southern quadrant of the storm.
Environment
Feb 12, 2020
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Ocean acidification is damaging the shells of young Dungeness crab in the Northwest, an impact that scientists did not expect until much later this century, according to new research.
Plants & Animals
Jan 24, 2020
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Meteorologists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory plan to take a harder look in 2020 at a prime, yet difficult to model, component of the global water cycle known as atmospheric rivers.
Environment
Jan 16, 2020
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After a quick spread over 100 miles of Florida's west coast, red tide has receded and it would seem the colder temperatures may be the reason why.
Environment
Dec 13, 2019
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It's hard to find a place in the U.S. that isn't impacted by wildfires and smoke.
Environment
Dec 4, 2019
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Plant growth-promoting Streptomyces assemble into the internal, root endophytic compartments of a wide variety of plants around the world. These bacteria are well-known for their ability to produce a huge array of secondary ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 20, 2019
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