For the first time, researchers have collected detailed measurements of water vapor high above the surface of the Greenland ice sheet.
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Researchers have developed a new material that, by harnessing the power of sunlight, can clear water of dangerous pollutants.
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Scientists from the University of Sheffield will warn policymakers that the shrinking glaciers of the Andes threaten the water supply of 90 million people on the South American continent at the first-ever World Day for Glaciers hosted by UNESCO in Paris.
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Researchers report that healthy human airways are at higher risk for dehydration and inflammation when exposed to dry air, an occurrence expected to increase due to global warming.
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Between 2000 and 2020, total butterfly abundance fell by 22% across the 554 species counted.
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Increasing greenhouse gas emissions will reduce the atmosphere’s ability to burn up old space junk, MIT scientists report.
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Plants play a key role in regulating Earth’s climate, but recent research suggests that rising temperatures could disrupt this balance, because plants are leaking more water than previously thought.
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Researchers have for the first time introduced genetic material into plants via their roots, opening a potential pathway for rapid crop improvement.
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Researchers have detected microplastics in human brains at much higher concentrations than in other organs – and the plastic accumulation appears to be growing over time, having increased 50% over just the past eight years.
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New research from an international group of scientists has revealed that continued global warming will result in 6% of the Earth becoming too hot for humans to safely inhabit.
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Several hundred bees in rural Pennsylvania and rural New York are sporting tiny QR codes on their backs.
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Instead of relying on energy-hungry reactors to generate high temperatures and pressure, researchers are looking underground at Earth’s natural heat and forces to cook up ammonia for fertilizer.
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Scientists used Arctic ice core records to reconstruct historic atmospheric lead pollution in Ancient Rome and link exposure to cognitive declines.
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A new study has identified 11 genes that may hold the key to understanding the brain's response to these pervasive chemicals commonly found in everyday items.
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Six months after the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 houses in Boulder County, Colo., more than half of residents of surviving homes in the area reported physical symptoms— including headaches, sore throats or a strange taste in their mouth— that they attributed to poor air quality.
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