Wildfire smoke poses neurological hazards
Wildfire smoke contains microparticles that cross the blood-brain barrier, triggering neurotoxic effects.
Iron integral to the development of life on Earth – and the possibility of...
Iron is an essential nutrient that almost all life requires to grow and thrive. Iron's importance goes all the way back to the formation...
No accounting: How two scientists are balancing the planet’s natural carbon budget
A pair of researchers have taken a process-based modeling approach to understand how much CO2 rivers and streams contribute to the atmosphere. The team...
Burrowing critters increase risk of levee failure
When burrowing animals dig into earthen levees to make their homes, they can weaken the infrastructure to the point of collapse and localized flooding...
Factors that prevent mangroves from spreading in South America
Due to their pronounced carbon storage capacity, mangroves are an important player in climate change. But they sometimes just don't extend beyond certain latitudes,...
Powerful new tool makes coral reef monitoring faster, easier, cheaper
As coral reefs face increasing threats around the world, a team of researchers has developed a genetic analysis tool that can determine many different...
New type of earthquake discovered
A research team has documented a new type of earthquake in an injection environment in British Columbia, Canada. The seismic events are slower than...
Important role of prokaryotic viruses in sewage treatment uncovered
Prokaryotic viruses (phages) existing in activated sludge (AS), a biological treatment process widely used in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), act to regulate the composition...
Too dry, too hot, or too wet: Increasing weather persistence in European summer
Global warming makes long lasting weather situations in the Northern hemisphere's summer months more likely -- which in turn leads to more extreme weather...
Diagnosis from the sky: Catching insect infestations within forests before it’s too late
Researchers are working to improve remote sensing technology's ability to detect subtle changes in real-time across the landscape, namely to diagnose insect infestations in...
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