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High levels of hazardous chemicals found in Canadian nail salons
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Study recommends six steps to improve our water quality
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Decline of vultures and rise of dogs carries disease risks
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Better prediction of megathrust earthquakes: Illuminating slow slip plate tectonics in south-western Japan
Within the next 30 years, a highly destructive Nankai Trough megathrust earthquake is predicted to hit southwest Japan. Understanding long-term slow slip events that...
Rapid intensification of the emerging southwestern North American megadrought in 2020–2021
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 14 February 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01290-zSouthwestern North America has been experiencing lower than average precipitation and higher temperatures since 2000. This...
Increase in Arctic coastal erosion and its sensitivity to warming in the twenty-first century
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 14 February 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01281-0Coastal erosion in the Arctic is caused by permafrost thaw and wave abrasion enhanced by sea...
Decolonizing climate change–heritage research
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 14 February 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01279-8Climate change poses a threat to heritage globally. Decolonial approaches to climate change–heritage research and practice...
Arctic coasts predicted to erode
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 14 February 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01286-9Increasing Arctic temperatures accelerate coastal erosion, threatening coastal communities and infrastructure, and adding carbon to the...
Decreasing rainfall frequency contributes to earlier leaf onset in northern ecosystems
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 14 February 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01285-wChanges in precipitation remains an understudied factor that can impact leaf onset date (LOD) under climate...
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