Estuaries may experience accelerated impacts of human-caused CO2
Rising anthropogenic, or human-caused, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may have up to twice the impact on coastal estuaries as it does in the...
Antarctica retreating across the sea floor
Antarctica’s great ice sheet is losing ground as it is eroded by warm ocean water circulating beneath its floating edge, a new study has...
Where you live, walk, and eat in New York City are important for controlling...
In the first study to directly examine the relationship between environment and individual's ability to control their diabetes, researchers found there is a link...
Agricultural fires can double Delhi pollution during peak burning season
Researchers have demonstrated that in October and November, a peak burning season in nearby Punjab, about half of all pollution in Delhi can be...
Modeling future earthquake and tsunami risk in southeast Japan
Geoscience researchers unveil new, GPS-based methods for modeling earthquake-induced tsunamis for southeast Japan along the Nankai Trough. A Nankai-induced tsunami is likely to hit...
Ice-free Arctic summers could hinge on small climate warming range
A range of less than one degree Fahrenheit (or half a degree Celsius) of climate warming over the next century could make all the...
Climate change could raise food insecurity risk
Weather extremes caused by climate change could raise the risk of food shortages in many countries, new research suggests.
Flood risk denial in US coastal communities
Cultural anthropologists are working to identify flood-prone locations, key individuals, and intervention strategies that lead to community-based mitigation in US coastal communities.
To prevent collapse of tropical forests, protect their shape
Scientists have made a fundamental discovery about how fires on the edges of tropical forests control their shape and stability. The study implies that...
Cracking eggshell nanostructure: Implications for food safety
How is it that fertilized chicken eggs manage to resist fracture from the outside, while at the same time, are weak enough to break...
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