Closing in on the carbon costs of wildfires
Wildfire and post-fire recovery could lead to more carbon being stored than released in the long term in savannahs and grasslands, according to a...
African Heritage Sites threatened by coastal flooding and erosion as sea-level rise accelerates
Climate risk and heritage experts have provided the first comprehensive assessment of exposure of African cultural and natural Heritage Sites to extreme sea levels...
Babies in bike trailers exposed to higher levels of pollutants than their parents
Babies and children sitting in bicycle trailers breathe in more polluted air than the adults riding the bikes that pull them --- but trailer...
One out of three people exposed to potentially harmful pesticide
One out of three people in a large survey showed signs of exposure to a pesticide called 2,4-D, according to a new study. This...
New technique will improve the construction of ice roads and bridges
A new study found that measuring the time it takes for a radar pulse to travel from a satellite to the sea surface and...
Brainy birds may fare better under climate change
Many North American migratory birds are shrinking in size as temperatures have warmed over the past 40 years. But those with very big brains,...
Steering conversion of CO2 and ethane to desired products
Chemists describe the key features of a catalyst that determine its selectivity for transforming CO2 and ethane (C2H6) into synthesis gas (useful for generating...
Genetically engineered microbes with a kill switch
Scientists have taken a big step forward in their quest to design a modular, genetically engineered kill switch that integrates into any genetically engineered...
January 2020 Puerto Rico earthquake provides valuable data for ground failure models
Field surveys conducted in the days after the 7 January 2020 Puerto Rico earthquake documented more than 300 landslides and severe liquefaction in southern...
Rare earth elements await in waste
Scientists applied their flash Joule heating process to coal fly ash and other toxic waste to safely extract rare earth elements essential to modern...
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