To put a price tag on climate change, some approaches focus on whether it made an event more likely, whereas others focus on whether it made an event more severe and damaging. A new study examines the validity of both approaches.
Rebecca Owen
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Reading Rainfall in a Snail’s Shell
The chemical record of a snail shell is allowing scientists to reconstruct a record of past storms from the recent—and maybe distant—past.
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Mapping Childhood Lead Exposure Risk in the United States, Neighborhood by Neighborhood
A researcher uses housing and poverty data to identify locations where children are more likely to be exposed to lead.
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Preserving Soil Carbon by Preserving the Forest Floor
A 20-year study of British Columbia forests examines how soil carbon is affected by logging.
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Four in Five Researchers Report Harmful Interactions During Geoscience Fieldwork. A New Survey Suggests a Path Forward.
A new survey documents the prevalence of harmful interactions that occur during fieldwork. Many instances go officially unreported.
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Communities Affected by Climate Change Need More Than Data
Researchers and residents in Puerto Rico collaborated on how NASA Earth Observations data can address environmental justice challenges and strengthen community resilience.
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Solar Panels Can Cool Crops—and Workers
A new model simulates the benefits of agrivoltaic farming, in which solar panels and crops share the same land.
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Extreme Heat May Drive Asthma Risk in Baltimore, Especially at Night
A new study paints a fuller picture of how heat affects respiratory health, especially in Baltimore’s socially vulnerable neighborhoods.
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Many Americans Underestimate Health Risks of Extreme Weather, New Study Finds
The research examines the “risk perception gap,” or the difference between climate-related mortality estimates and public perceptions of climate risk, across U.S. counties.
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刚果河每秒向大西洋注入4万立方米淡水。一项新研究追踪了这些淡水的去向。
研究人员综合运用观测资料与数值模拟，追踪了刚果河淡水羽流的运动轨迹，并指出涡旋在水体输运过程中发挥了重要作用。