Normally, America’s smokiest cities lie out west. But Canada’s unusually intense 2023 wildfire season smothered American cities in smoke farther east than is usual, according to new research.
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In his sustainable aviation course, aerospace engineering professor Phil Ansell asked, “What does sustainability look like integrated to a system engineering process?” One of his student's answer became a new definition of sustainable aviation and a framework for achieving it.
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The research found an unexpected rise in mass concentration of plastic fragments that are likely new to the region, and not resulting from degradation of already present objects.
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Researchers have identified 22 pesticides consistently associated with the incidence of prostate cancer in the United States, with four of the pesticides also linked with prostate cancer mortality.
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For the first time, the majority of the world’s trees have been listed on the IUCN Red List, the world’s most comprehensive information source on global extinction risk status.
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A new study has shown that selective breeding can lead to a modest rise in coral heat tolerance.
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Like a human vaccine, defense priming occurs when part of a plant experiences stress. This weakly activates defense mechanisms that then fully come to life when the plant undergoes a real attack.
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An international coalition concluded in its annual report that the Earth’s worsening vital signs indicate a “critical and unpredictable new phase of the climate crisis” and that “decisive action is needed, and fast.”
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A new study found that burying wood in the right environmental conditions can stop its decomposition and help curb carbon dioxide emissions.
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Scientists have shown that light pollution—especially light in the blue spectrum—can alter the behavior of fish after only a few nights, and have knock-on effects for their offspring.
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Cambridge University has released a groundbreaking report outlining a five-year roadmap to help the aviation sector achieve net-zero climate impact by 2050.
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The research team’s new light-driven chemical process converts methane and carbon dioxide into green methanol and carbon monoxide in one reaction.
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Mega ocean warming El Niño events were key in driving the largest extinction of life on planet Earth some 252 million years ago, according to new research.
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A new study reveals that contrail avoidance would significantly decrease warming compared with continuing current flight routes.
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In a longitudinal study of over 500 Mexican Americans living in southern Texas, researchers found that high levels of toxic metals in urine predicted faster increases in blood sugar over subsequent years.
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