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Abrupt climate shifts likely as global temperatures keep rising
As temperatures, biodiversity losses, and sea levels rise globally, scientists are concerned about the likelihood of abrupt climatic shifts occurring, particularly within sensitive subsystems of the climate system such as ...
Earth Sciences
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Deep-learning model forecasts toxic plume movement in urban environments within minutes
In 2023, a train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. In 2025, a series of destructive wildfires ravaged Los Angeles. In both cases, a toxic plume—a cloud of harmful airborne materials that disperse ...
Environment
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I research rip currents where Cosby Show star Malcolm-Jamal Warner drowned. Here's why they're so deadly
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor who played Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, has drowned on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast.
Environment
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Methane leaks from gas pipelines are a hidden source of widespread air pollution
The Trump administration is decreasing the attention federal regulators pay to pipeline leaks. But leaks from natural gas pipelines don't just waste energy and warm the planet—they can also make the air more dangerous to ...
Environment
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How plastic pollution may influence antimicrobial resistance
A new study reveals an alarming number of mechanisms throughout the life-cycle of plastic that could enhance or spread antimicrobial resistance.
Environment
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Pakistan landslide after heavy rain kills 5, with 15 missing
A landslide triggered by torrential monsoon rains swept away cars in mountainous northern Pakistan, killing at least five people, with more vehicles buried under the debris, officials said Tuesday.
Environment
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Nematodes learn to prefer contaminated food after long-term exposure to microplastics
Hong Kong Polytechnic University scientists report that multigenerational exposure to microplastic-contaminated prey reverses natural food preferences in nematodes, revealing a learned attraction to contaminated prey.
New model indicates 320 million trees are killed by lightning each year—considerable biomass loss
Lightning has a greater impact on forests than previously thought. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed new model calculations that, for the first time, estimate the global influence of lightning ...
Earth Sciences
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Scientists use X-rays to remotely measure magnetic reconnection in near-Earth space
The magnetosphere, formed by Earth's magnetic field, acts as a protective shield that deflects solar wind—the flow of charged particles constantly streaming from the sun toward our planet. This magnetic barrier protects ...
Earth Sciences
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Overlooked climate-change danger: Wildfire smoke
Loretta Mickley first started thinking about smoke in the summer of 2002.
Earth Sciences
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AI and other future technologies will be necessary—but not sufficient—for enacting the UN's Pact for the Future
In September 2024, members of the United Nations adopted the Pact for the Future at the Summit of the Future, held in New York City. The pact, including its two annexes on the Declaration on Future Generations and the Global ...
Environment
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Naval Postgraduate School launches sustainable buoy to advance research
Located about 3 miles offshore and 5 miles north of the Naval Postgraduate School is a first-of-its-kind ocean-sensing buoy. With 5G technologies and solar panels built in, the buoy has the capabilities to collect oceanographic ...
Earth Sciences
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Researchers use AI to identify landslides and target disaster response
Researchers from the University of Cambridge are using AI to speed up landslide detection following major earthquakes and extreme rainfall events—buying valuable time to coordinate relief efforts and reduce humanitarian ...
Earth Sciences
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How young people have taken climate justice to the world's international courts
Youth activist organizations, including Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change and World Youth for Climate Justice recently coordinated massive online calls across two different time zones. These two global gatherings ...
Environment
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Philippines flooding displaces thousands, two missing
Floodwaters driven by torrential rains ground life in the Philippine capital to a halt on Tuesday with tens of thousands evacuated from their homes and at least two people believed missing.
Environment
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Amazon degradation increases by 163% in two years, while deforestation falls by 54% in the same period
The accelerated degradation of the Brazilian Amazon, primarily due to fires, has overshadowed the significant reduction in deforestation from 2022 to 2024. This "negative balance" in protecting the biome jeopardizes the international ...
Environment
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I watched a simulated oil spill in the Indian Ocean. Here's how island and coastal countries worked together
The coils of black hose, drum skimmers designed to collect oil from the ocean's surface, and orangey-red containment booms all looked out of place on the white sand of Mombasa's touristy Nyali beach. But on July 9, dozens ...
Environment
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Recent research explores maximizing circularity in plastics supply chains
A traditional economy follows a linear "take-make-use-dispose" path. A circular economy, in contrast, retains the value of materials and products within a supply chain for longer.
Environment
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Analysis documents changing trends in U.S. carbon emissions
The United States was the world's largest source of carbon emissions for more than a century. In a new analysis, researchers document the changing trends in U.S. carbon emissions from the late 19th century to the early 21st ...
Environment
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Researching heat waves in the ocean: Divers collect temperature data
According to the EU climate service Copernicus, 2024 was the warmest year since weather records began, and the summer season was especially noteworthy. The changing climate associated with global warming is manifesting itself ...
Environment
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