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Air Pollution Killed a Million People in Africa in 2019

by Andrew Mambondiyani 25 October 202129 March 2023

Experts say nature-based mitigation strategies and investment in renewables could reduce both indoor and outdoor air pollution and stimulate sustainable and safe growth.

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Scientists Call for Policies to Buffer Agricultural Runoff

by Jady Carmichael 22 October 202129 March 2023

By reviewing 44 studies, researchers make a scientific case for regulating agricultural pollution of streams and rivers by implementing conservation practices, including riparian buffer zones.

Water samples collected from Gwynns Falls stream in Baltimore
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Leaky Pipes Are Dosing Baltimore’s Waterways with Drugs

Richard Sima, freelance science writer by Richard J. Sima 22 October 202129 March 2023

Poor infrastructure is responsible for tens of thousands of pharmaceutical doses that flow through Baltimore’s streams each year.

An icy Arctic vista is seen from a slight elevation. The landscape contains patches of white ice and randomly positioned pools of meltwater. Four scientists, small and seen from a distance, stand on the ice on the right side of the image.
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Melting Arctic Sea Ice Strengthens Tides

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 21 October 20213 January 2023

If climate change throws off the seasonal freeze-thaw cycle of Arctic sea ice, it could trigger a reinforcing cycle of sea ice melt in parts of the Canadian Arctic.

Wearing a white lab coat, Yiming Zhang, a doctoral student at the University of California, Berkeley, sits in front of a computer screen, examining data, with a mouse in his right hand. To his left, a gray microscope with four copper-colored rings encircling the stage perches on a black table.
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Diamonds Are a Paleomagnetist’s Best Friend

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 19 October 202114 March 2023

Typical paleomagnetic measurements average a sample’s signal. The quantum diamond microscope helps scientists make micrometer-scale maps of magnetism, showing where a sample locked in its magnetic signatures.

Debris covers a densely populated hillside community in Cerro del Chiquihuite, Mexico.
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Surviving on the Periphery of a City of Earthquakes

by Humberto Basilio 19 October 20219 May 2023

Mexico City is one of the most disaster-prone urban areas in the world. Following an earthquake, marginalized communities living on the city’s periphery are exposed to more dangers than just collapsing buildings.

A protoplanet is covered by magma oceans and surrounded by a field of planetesimals.
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Noble Gas Hints at Mars’s Rapid Formation

by Jure Japelj 18 October 202129 March 2023

A new study finds that Mars’s mantle is neon-rich, putting constraints on the planet’s formation history.

Aerial image of an illegal mining site inside Munduruku Indigenous territory in the state of Pará in Brazil
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New Report Puts the Amazon Rain Forest on the Main Stage at COP26

by Meghie Rodrigues 18 October 202129 April 2022

The Science Panel for the Amazon prepares to launch its first report, the most comprehensive document on the rain forest so far.

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Thirsty Plants Pull Water from Bedrock

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 18 October 202129 March 2023

Shrubs and trees across the United States routinely sip water stored in bedrock, a discovery that has implications for the terrestrial water cycle.

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Lasers Have the Makings of a 21st-Century Geoscience Tool

Richard Sima, freelance science writer by Richard J. Sima 15 October 202120 December 2021

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy is a versatile geochemical tool being used in a wide range of applications, from Mars rovers to earthly rock identification.

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