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Los Angeles gets rare blizzard warning as winter storm shuts down parts of Midwest

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One Year In, Russia’s War on Ukraine Has Inflicted $51 Billion in Environmental Damage

After nearly one year, Russia’s invasion has inflicted more than $51 billion in environmental damage…

Study suggests some plants are responding unexpectedly quickly to climate change — often outpacing animals’ adaptations — ScienceDaily

In mountainous western North America, vegetation cover has moved upward at a rapid rate over…

What do early Earth’s core formation and drip coffee have in common? — ScienceDaily

A new technique developed by Carnegie's Yingwei Fei and Lin Wang provides fresh insight into…

Whales give up singing to fight for love — ScienceDaily

Male whales along Australia's eastern seaboard are giving up singing to attract a mate, switching…

Less plastic or more recycling

While the EU and African countries push for production cuts, major nations like the US…

Canine distemper now threatens big cats in Nepal — ScienceDaily

Researchers with the College of Veterinary Medicine have confirmed the first cases of canine distemper…

Scientists engineer a ‘self-charging’ electrostatic face mask for prolonged air filtration, reducing the environmental burden — ScienceDaily

Electrostatic adsorption is an important complement to mechanical filtration for high-efficiency air filtering in the…

Sensor can identify the global content and form of arsenic-containing molecules at very low concentrations — ScienceDaily

It is a cruel paradox that on a planet with a surface mostly covered by…

Republicans Follow Rail Industry Line In Wake of East Palestine Disaster

A wave of Republican criticism of the Biden administration’s handling of a train derailment that…

Laboratories with basic equipment — ScienceDaily

Climate change is aggravating the impact of droughts -- one of the factors that only…

Good for your eyes … and for degradable polymers — ScienceDaily

Carrots come in a rainbow of bright colors -- red, orange, yellow and purplish black…

A New Mexico Tax Break to Help Subsistence Farmers Is Also Going to Wealthy Homeowners in the State’s Largest County

A New Mexico law providing a tax break meant to help subsistence farming throughout the…

Researchers synthesized global data from nearly 600 studies on biochar to analyze its potential as a climate-smart agricultural practice — ScienceDaily

UConn researcher Wei Ren sees the interconnections between the systems in nature and how each…

New knowledge about ice sheet movement can shed light on when sea levels will rise — ScienceDaily

The Greenland ice sheet is enormous, making up nearly half of all fresh water in…

Ohio train derailment latest: Trump to visit site as criminal referral against Norfolk Southern announced

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New research suggests that naked mole-rats produce eggs throughout their lives, challenging the dogma that female mammals have a finite ovarian reserve — ScienceDaily

Unlike humans and other mammals, which become less fertile with age, naked mole-rats can reproduce…

Using sewage to forecast COVID-19 infections — ScienceDaily

A new mathematical model uses wastewater samples to effectively forecast the number of clinical COVID-19…

When metabolizing spruce bark, the insect’s fungal partners release volatile compounds that bark beetles recognize through specialized olfactory sensory neurons — ScienceDaily

In a new study in the journal PLOS Biology, an international research team led by…

A new study maps risk of elevated arsenic levels in groundwater wells across northern Nevada, northeastern California, and western Utah — ScienceDaily

In the arid and drought-stricken western Great Basin, sparse surface water means rural communities often…

UK weather: Snow expected in couple of weeks with cloudy and damp days ahead

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Salt could play key role in energy transition — ScienceDaily

A common ingredient -- salt -- could have a big role to play in the…

The Problem with Percentages Errata

The Problem with Percentages Errata Posted on 22 February 2023 by EvanAn Error Caught by…

Sinking tundra surface unlikely to trigger runaway permafrost thaw — ScienceDaily

Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists set out to address one of the biggest uncertainties about…

Excess nutrients lead to dramatic ecosystem changes in Cape Cod’s Waquoit Bay; the bay is a harbinger for estuaries worldwide, say researchers — ScienceDaily

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020 with associated travel restrictions, Matthew Long thought his…

Researcher discovers threshold that triggers drought response in forests — ScienceDaily

Missouri is home to an array of natural resources, with forests among the state's most…

Sheep can benefit urban lawn landscapes and people grazing sheep reduce stress, study suggests — ScienceDaily

Bicycles whirr by, students rush to class, staff and faculty are grabbing lunch or coffee…

Heat pumps: Lords slam ‘failing’ green heating scheme

But Rebecca Dibb-Simkin, Chief Product and Marketing Officer at Octopus Energy, which was praised by…

UN Security Council debates Nord Stream pipeline incidents

“We are not here to set up a trial in the Security Council”, Russian ambassador…

Creating an efficient, cost-effective, and flexible solar energy harvesting design based on self-assembled nanoparticles — ScienceDaily

Solar-thermal technology is a promising environmentally friendly energy harvesting method with a potential role to…

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