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Rivers under pressure: Satellite data filtering techniques may underestimate Europe's water storage changes
Research in the International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology has shown that conventional approaches to measuring water storage across Europe's complex river systems may significantly underrepresent the scale ...
Earth Sciences
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Examining social questions around climate adaptation measures in the wake of a flood disaster
Global warming is causing weather events to become more extreme, and society must adapt. What does this look like in a local context? A team from the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS), together with the Erftverband ...
Environment
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Mediterranean climate's future: Study suggests swing between droughts and downpours
From its olive groves to its coastal cities, the Mediterranean depends on a delicate balance of rain and sun, but climate change is tipping the scales.
Earth Sciences
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How bad are micro- and nanoplastics for our health? It depends on their concentrations and how we measure them
Collecting and analyzing the amount of toxic micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) in water is comparatively easy: Fill a bucket from your source, evaporate the water, and count and characterize the plastics that are left behind. ...
Environment
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Rapa Nui's iconic moai statues threatened by sea level rise
By 2080, rising sea levels could cause seasonal waves to reach Ahu Tongariki, the iconic ceremonial platform that is part of the Rapa Nui National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site, according to a study published in the ...
Earth Sciences
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DIY air cleaners offer an easy and cost-effective way to help ventilate homes during wildfires
In recent decades, the number and severity of wildfires across Canada has increased due to climate change and a more wildfire-prone landscape.
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The new NextGen Acela trains promise faster travel and more seats, but arrive as US rail faces an uncertain future
When former President Joe Biden unveiled his US$1.9 trillion infrastructure plan in 2021, he found the perfect place to go public: Philadelphia's 30th Street Station rail yard.
Environment
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Scientists explore real-time tsunami warning system on world's fastest supercomputer
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have helped develop an advanced, real-time tsunami forecasting system—powered by El Capitan, the world's fastest supercomputer—that could dramatically improve ...
Earth Sciences
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EU ready to do plastic pollution deal 'but not at any cost'
The European Union is ready to do a deal to land a groundbreaking treaty on plastic pollution, but not at any cost, the EU's environment commissioner insisted Tuesday.
Environment
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Parts of Europe burn as millions are facing record heat
Wildfires burned in parts of Europe on Tuesday as millions of people across the continent struggled to adapt to the new reality: record summer heat.
Environment
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How microbes could help solve the world's plastic pollution crisis
With conventional waste management systems falling short, many scientists are turning to nature for innovative solutions to the issue of plastic waste. One promising avenue is microbial degradation: harnessing the natural ...
Environment
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Connection with nature sees dramatic decline over the last two centuries
Over the past 220 years, the connection between people and nature has declined by more than 60%. That's the key finding of a study led by Miles Richardson, a professor of nature connectedness at the University of Derby in ...
Q&A: How permanent is permafrost with increasing temperatures?
One of the defining features of an arctic environment is permafrost, which covers almost 10% of Earth's surface and remains entirely frozen year round. With temperatures reaching more extreme levels more frequently, the U.S. ...
Environment
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Nebraska mobile home parks face high flood risk, study warns
In the wake of disastrous floods that have inundated other parts of the country, University of Nebraska–Lincoln researchers say Nebraska could experience similar devastation, with the consequences falling disproportionately ...
Environment
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Coral skeletons show sea-level rise began accelerating earlier than previously thought
An international study by marine scientists based in Singapore has revealed that sea-level rise in the Indian Ocean began accelerating far earlier than previously thought, with corals providing an unbroken natural record ...
Earth Sciences
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Counties with animal feeding operations face higher air pollution and lower health insurance coverage, study finds
There are more than 15,000 cattle and hog feeding operations in the United States. These operations rear 70% of the country's cattle and 98% of its hogs. Now, for the first time in the nation's history, we know with certainty ...
Environment
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As the world churns: How bioturbation has shaped ocean floors over 540 million years
The murky world at the bottom of the oceans is now a little clearer, thanks to a new study that tracks the evolution of marine sediment layers across hundreds of millions of years.
Earth Sciences
Aug 11, 2025
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Inside an urban heat island, one street can be much hotter than its neighbor
It's summer, and it's been hot, even in northern cities such as Boston. But not everyone is hit with the heat in the same way, even within the same neighborhood.
Environment
Aug 11, 2025
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New global ruling says sovereign states are legally responsible for tackling climate change
Sovereign states are not only responsible for tackling fossil fuel damage, they have to make redress, according to a recent ground-breaking ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The ruling makes clear that the ...
Environment
Aug 11, 2025
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Child dies in Italy as European heatwave sets records and sparks wildfires
A young boy died of heatstroke in Italy while wildfires threatened a UNESCO site in Spain and French cities saw record temperatures, as a heatwave baked Europe on Monday.
Environment
Aug 11, 2025
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