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Beach guardians: How hidden microbes protect coastal waters in a changing climate
A hidden world teeming with life lies below beach sands. New Stanford-led research sheds light on how microbial communities in coastal groundwater respond to infiltrating seawater.
Earth Sciences
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New NOAA dataset to help improve flood mitigation tools, flood-risk assessment
The first modeled, historical water level and wave dataset for the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf coasts was released today by NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS). This comprehensive dataset—known as Coastal Ocean Reanalysis ...
Environment
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Chemicals in sewage sludge fertilizer pose cancer risk, EPA says
Harmful chemicals in sewage sludge that is spread on pasture land as fertilizer are causing cancer, the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday. The risk is highest for people who regularly consume milk, beef and other ...
Environment
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Lightning strikes make collecting a parasitic fungus prized in traditional Chinese medicine a deadly pursuit
In the remote Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, a rare fungus grows inside dead caterpillars. In traditional Chinese medicine, this parasitic fungus is prized for its purported medicinal effects. Known as Ophiocordyceps sinensis—colloquially, ...
Environment
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Wildfires highlight challenges of living in high-risk environments
The wind-driven wildfires that began on January 7 in Los Angeles—and continue to burn—have destroyed thousands of homes and killed some two dozen people, and more residential areas are threatened.
Environment
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Study predicts global road emissions peak by 2025
CO2 emissions from road transport could peak worldwide this year thanks to rapid growth in electric vehicles and stricter new regulations, a German think tank said Tuesday.
Environment
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Satellite imagery tracks glacier surges, revealing hidden lake hazards
New research has tracked the evolution of a glacier lake dammed by a glacier surge using satellite images, to help better understand its life cycle and the hazard it presents to nearby communities.
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L.A. fires: Why fast wildfires and those started by human activities are more destructive and harder to contain
Investigators are trying to determine what caused several wind-driven wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes across the Los Angeles area in January 2025. Given the fires' locations, and lack of lightning at the ...
Environment
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Hiroshima flooding: A case study of well usage and adaptive governance
Society is often vulnerable to disasters, but how humans manage during and after can turn devastation into opportunities for improved resilience.
Environment
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Evaluating cost-effective fire management strategies in a changing climate
Globally, wildfire seasons are getting worse with climate change, resulting in more frequent, more severe and larger wildfires.
Environment
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Contaminated drinking water is a growing concern for cities facing wildfires
As fires continue to burn across Los Angeles, several utilities have declared their drinking water unsafe until extensive testing can prove otherwise.
Environment
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Colorado to start regulating emission of 5 air toxins that make people sick
Colorado air pollution regulators spend a lot of time thinking about greenhouse gases that create a smog across the Front Range and contribute to global warming, But this week, they'll focus on five toxic chemicals that make ...
Environment
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Pink flame retardants are being used to slow California fires. What do we know about them?
Aircraft battling fires raging through the Los Angeles area are dropping more than water: Hundreds of thousands of gallons of hot-pink fire suppressant ahead of the flames in a desperate effort to stop them before they destroy ...
Environment
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Tsunami alert lifted after magnitude 6.6 earthquake rattles southwestern Japan
A tsunami advisory was issued for part of southwest Japan after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Monday, but the warnings to stay away from coastal areas were later lifted. A few instances of minor damage were reported.
Environment
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Canadian insurers face record costs from 2024 extreme weather
Damage from extreme weather in Canada last year pushed the bill facing insurers to an unprecedented CAN$8.5 billion ($5.9 billion), the Insurance Bureau of Canada said Monday.
Environment
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Fire-hit LA faces new peril as dangerous winds ramp up
Powerful winds on Tuesday threatened to rekindle and whip up major fires that have devastated parts of Los Angeles, killing at last 24 people and changing the face of America's second biggest city—perhaps forever.
Environment
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Oregon Cascades hide a huge buried aquifer
Oregon's Cascade Range mountains might not hold gold, but they store another precious resource in abundance: water. Scientists from the University of Oregon and their partners have mapped the amount of water stored beneath ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 13, 2025
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Open-access Daphnia atlas provides detailed view of sentinel species for environmental research
A unique web-based resource of Daphnia, a sentinel species for environmental pollution, commonly used to help us detect and understand the potential toxic effects of chemicals in the environment, has just been established ...
Environment
Jan 13, 2025
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Megathrust earthquakes: Modeling the long and short of subduction zones
Plates at subduction zones typically move just a few centimeters per year. But when accumulated stress at these convergent plate boundaries releases suddenly, the plates can slip several meters and cause some of Earth's largest ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 13, 2025
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Firefighting planes are dumping ocean water on the Los Angeles fires. Why using saltwater is typically a last resort
Firefighters battling the deadly wildfires that raced through the Los Angeles area in January 2025 have been hampered by a limited supply of freshwater. So, when the winds are calm enough, skilled pilots flying planes aptly ...
Environment
Jan 13, 2025
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