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East Africa Invests in Strategies to Manage E-Waste
As Uganda develops its e-waste policy, neighboring Rwanda establishes a broad-based plan involving incentives and high-tech facilities.
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Restored Tropical Forests Recover Faster Than Those Left Alone
The costs of active restoration may be offset by aggressive carbon pricing demanded by the Paris Agreement.
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Ancient “Pickled” Leaves Give a Glimpse of Global Greening
A unique fossil lake bed in New Zealand has revealed insights into global climate under elevated levels of carbon dioxide but is now off-limits to scientists.
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Groundwater Crisis in Zimbabwe Brought On by Droughts
Zimbabwe’s groundwater is disappearing fast, leaving rural communities without water for household and agricultural use.
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Severe Cyclones May Have Played a Role in the Maya Collapse
Sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole reveal that a series of extreme storms hit the region after 900. The storms may have irreparably damaged an already stressed Maya population.
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Wildfires Trigger Long-Term Permafrost Thawing
Researchers used satellite data to trace ground subsidence in a permafrost-rich region in eastern Siberia following a wildfire.
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New Tool Quantifies and Predicts Snow Droughts
A new metric for calculating snow water equivalence relies on three methodologies: modeling, satellite imagery, and direct observation.
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This Week: Hurricanes, Space Weather, and Marvelous Microbes
What Earth and space science stories are we recommending this week?
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Drones Help Bridge the Gaps in Assessing Global Change
New instruments in the research tool kit bolster scientific understanding of the ecology of a greening Arctic.