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Editors' Highlights 31 January 2018

Space Weather: Exploiting Meteorology’s Toolkit

Space weather forecasting is benefiting, and can benefit much further, from concepts and tools already developed by the global meteorological community.
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Research Spotlight 21 July 2017

Natural Resource Exploitation Could Reach New Depths

The deep seafloor could provide humans with supplies of valuable metals, but opinion is divided as to whether sustainable exploitation is possible and worth the ecological and economic risk.
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Scientific Press Releases 11 May 2017

Climate Change Could Increase Allergy-Related Asthma ER Visits

If greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase through the end of this century, ER visits for allergic asthma could increase by 10 percent in the Midwest, Southeast, and Northeast combined.
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Research Spotlight 24 June 2016

Measuring Progress Toward Sustainable Goals

Grouping targets that need to be hit into composite goals may help countries evaluate their progress toward sustainable development targets laid out by the United Nations.
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Opinion 8 June 2016

The New Blue Economy: A Vast Oceanic Frontier

On World Oceans Day, let's reflect on the now realizable potential for investing in and building upon new opportunities that beckon from the sea.
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News 20 April 2016

Finance Head Urges Strong Climate Mitigation, Adaptation Steps

Countries ratifying the Paris climate agreement need strong financial incentives to convince them to choose renewables over fossil fuels, according to World Bank president.
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