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Cell phone alert saying “Earthquake Detected! Drop, Cover, Hold on. Protect Yourself -USGS ShakeAlert”
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Earthquake Alerts Go Live in the Pacific Northwest

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 4 May 20213 June 2022

Oregon and Washington residents will receive an alert on their cell phones if they are in danger from an incoming quake.

Grandes plumas de humo detrás de casas rurales en Brian Head, Utah, 2017
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Los Incendios forestales podrían exacerbar el asma en el oeste de los Estados Unidos

by A. Gold 4 May 20212 February 2022

Un nuevo estudio predice que para la década de 2050, el humo de los incendios forestales hará que la región gaste $850 millones más cada año para tratar el asma.

Photo and illustration of leaves from the Paleocene era with bites left by insects
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Chicxulub Impact Changed Tropical Rain Forest Biodiversity Forever

by Humberto Basilio 3 May 20217 February 2023

Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid reset most of life on Earth. But without this catastrophic event, the composition of neotropical rain forests wouldn’t be the same.

A humpback whale breaches in the Gulf of Alaska.
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Years After the Pacific Marine Heat Wave, Ecosystem Shifts Persist

Hannah Thomasy, Science Writer by Hannah Thomasy 3 May 202125 October 2021

Researchers question whether Gulf of Alaska species will return to pre–heat wave conditions.

Illustration of a lightning storm over volcanic land on early Earth
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Cloud-to-Ground Lightning May Have Struck a Key Ingredient for Life

by Jackie Rocheleau 30 April 202129 September 2021

On early Earth, rock created by lightning strikes to the ground likely held a form of phosphorus necessary for prebiotic chemistry.

Image of a woman walking through knee-high floodwaters while balancing a large container on her head.
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Why Are Women More Vulnerable to Flooding in India?

by Deepa Padmanaban 30 April 202128 September 2021

One state in India shows how policies that give women access to better resources has a real impact on mortality.

Detailed image of noctilucent clouds on 21 June 2019 over Germany
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Noctilucent Clouds Light Up Northern Germany

by Stacy Kish 29 April 202120 August 2024

A shift in the tropopause jet may have triggered the unusual number of high-altitude clouds that briefly appeared in the early summer of 2019.

A yellow DART buoy being lowered overboard
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Ocean Sensors Record Rare Triple Tsunami near New Zealand

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 29 April 202116 March 2022

A new suite of DART buoys in the South Pacific Ocean spotted waves set in motion by three tsunamigenic earthquakes that occurred within hours of one another.

Ripe coffee cherries (red) are ready to harvest in the shade of the forest in Serranía de San Lucas, in northern Colombia
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A Warming World Threatens Colombia’s Coffee Future

by Andrew J. Wight 28 April 202120 October 2021

Colombia is the second-largest producer of Arabica coffee, but changing climate, soil, and precipitation patterns are already altering the harvest volume, production techniques, and even the taste of coffee.

Smoke rises from the ground and the charred stumps of trees, collecting in a yellow-brown haze in the sky, after a fire burned through the Amazon rain forest
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The Rain Forest Can Recover After Fire, but It’s Not the Same

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 28 April 202129 April 2022

New research finds that temperatures rise in the Amazon rain forest after a fire, even in areas that are not converted to agricultural land or pastures.

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