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Ultrafine particles linked to deaths: Canada study
Air pollution caused by "ultrafine particles," emitted by automobiles and industrial activity, has been linked to 1,100 deaths a year in Montreal and Toronto, according to new Canadian research.
Environment
Aug 10, 2024
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In drought-hit Sicily, rainwater is dumped in the sea
Sicilian lemon producer Rosario Cognata is furious: his fruit is withering due to the drought, while just a few kilometers away rainwater is being dumped into the sea.
Environment
Aug 10, 2024
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Trees may not cool cities during heat waves as much as previously thought
A new study suggests that the cooling potential of greenery is reduced in sweltering conditions.
Environment
Aug 9, 2024
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Historic fires trapped in Antarctic ice yield key information for climate models
Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the British Antarctic Survey tracked fire activity over the past 150 years by measuring carbon monoxide trapped in Antarctic ice. This gas is released, along with smoke and ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 9, 2024
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Japan's 'megaquake' warning explained
Japan's earthquake scientists say the country should prepare for a possible "megaquake" one day that could kill hundreds of thousands of people—although they stress the warning does not mean a colossal tremor is imminent.
Environment
Aug 9, 2024
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Only 100 years ago the Milky Way was visible from central Paris—here's how we can get the night sky back
For the more than 100,000 years, humans have been on Earth, we have looked up at night and seen the stars and our celestial home, the Milky Way galaxy. Cultures all around the world have stories and records incorporating ...
Environment
Aug 9, 2024
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'Everything, everywhere, all at once': Australia's survival in a warmer world will be a mammoth multi-tasking effort
Much of the climate conversation in Australia to date has centered on actions to limit global warming, recognizing that each increment of warming contributes to worsening climate extremes.
Environment
Aug 9, 2024
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Japan 'megaquake' advisory after tremor injures eight
Japan's earthquake scientists have warned of the possibility of a coming "megaquake" after eight people were injured Thursday by one of magnitude 7.1 in the south.
Environment
Aug 9, 2024
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Greeks try tropical crops in climate change experiment
Stirring the leaves of a shrub on his farm in Kyparissia, western Greece, Panos Adamopoulos spied the first soon-to-be-ripe mangoes—his share of a state experiment against climate change.
Environment
Aug 9, 2024
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Climate state of Three Gorges Region in Yangtze River basin 2022–2023
The Three Gorges Region of the Yangtze River (TGR) in China has a unique geographical location, complex geomorphological features, and a fragile and sensitive climate. The Three Gorges Project, as a large-scale comprehensive ...
Environment
Aug 9, 2024
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Researchers find unexpectedly large methane source in overlooked landscape
When Katey Walter Anthony heard rumors of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, ballooning under the lawns of fellow Fairbanks residents, she nearly didn't believe it.
Earth Sciences
Aug 8, 2024
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Volcanic eruptions that warmed the planet millions of years ago shed light on how plants evolve, regulate climate
Scientists often seek answers to humanity's most pressing challenges in nature. When it comes to global warming, geological history offers a unique, long-term perspective.
Earth Sciences
Aug 8, 2024
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Recovery of rocks that originated in Earth's mantle could reveal secrets of planet's history
Scientists have recovered the first long section of rocks that originated in the Earth's mantle, the layer below the crust and the planet's largest component.
Earth Sciences
Aug 8, 2024
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Weather 'whiplash' in Antarctica may help predict effects of future climate change
The McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica live up to their name. The region is one of the driest places on Earth—mountains form a wall around the valleys and prevent melting glacier water from intruding, humidity is extremely ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 8, 2024
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Researchers identify seasonal sources of Beijing smog
An international study led by researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI has used a new method to identify the various sources of aerosols that create smog in Beijing.
Earth Sciences
Aug 8, 2024
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The earliest traces of life on Earth—researchers explore carbon in 3.9-billion-year-old Canadian rocks
The isotopic composition of carbon in iron formations from the Saglek-Hebron Complex in Nunatsiavut (northern Labrador) has been seen as evidence of the earliest traces of life on Earth. But a new study by the University ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 8, 2024
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Landslide triggers megatsunami in narrow fjord
It was a monster wave that hit a fjord on Greenland's east coast on 16 September 2023. In certain places, the traces of the flooding reached 200 meters high. Researchers led by Angela Carrillo Ponce from the German Research ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 8, 2024
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A 13-month streak of global temperature records just ended. Here are five takeaways
After 13 months of what felt like an endless breaking of heat records, the streak came to an end last month—just barely. The European climate agency Copernicus said Thursday that July 2024's average heat just missed surpassing ...
Environment
Aug 8, 2024
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Tracking the restorative effects of good fire
A few miles south of Yosemite's famed Glacier Point, ringed by striking granite domes, lies the Illilouette Basin. This small stretch of the Sierra Nevada Mountains has become a sort of fire laboratory, a place where natural ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 8, 2024
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Why wildfires are getting more dangerous
After more than a year of record-breaking heat, the peak of fire season is approaching across vast swathes of our green planet.
Environment
Aug 8, 2024
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