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Environmental Success Story: Decrease in Mercury Emissions from US Power Plants

The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulations aimed at reducing the harmful effects of hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions from…

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Ocean Heat Reach Record Highs in May 2023

The European Union’s climate monitoring unit has reported that global oceans were warmer in May 2023 than any other May…

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Researchers Confirm African Superplume Responsible for Unusual Deformations in East African Rift System

In a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, geophysicist D. Sarah Stamps and her team…

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Industrial Development Projects Threaten the Fundamental Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Study

According to a new scientific study conducted by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de…

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Study Provides Insight into Denali Fault System

The Denali Fault System is a 1,200-mile-long fault that runs in an upward arc from southwestern Alaska and the Bering…

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Unlocking the Complexity of Coal Ash at the Nanoscale Level

Coal ash is known to cause air pollution, which is harmful to both the environment and human health. However, the…

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Scientists Discover Natural Cycle in Southern Hemisphere’s Atmospheric Pressure Patterns

Researchers at Rice University have discovered a natural cycle that repeats every 150 days in the north-south oscillation of atmospheric…

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The Arctic Ocean’s ice cap will disappear in summer as soon as the 2030s, a decade earlier than previously thought

According to a new study published in Nature Communications, the Arctic Ocean’s ice cap will disappear in summer as soon…

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Stanford Study Offers More Accurate Way to Gauge Groundwater Levels in Central Valley

A recent study by Stanford University has found a way to more accurately measure groundwater levels in the agriculturally rich…

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Collective property rights lead to higher reforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon

A recent study conducted by researchers at the Australian Catholic University, Columbia University and the University of Massachusetts has found…

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