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To Protect the World’s Sand, We Need to Know How to Measure It

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 8 July 20203 November 2021

New research provides a more accurate model that coastal managers and engineers can use to account for sand transport over time.

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Do You Know Your Home’s Flood Risk?

by E. J. Kearns, M. Amodeo and J. Porter 29 June 20209 March 2023

Search for your address in this new database and get an easy to understand indicator of the potential for flooding now and over the next several decades as climate change alters our environment.

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The Long-Lasting Legacy of Deep-Sea Mining

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 21 May 202024 April 2025

New research reveals a deep-sea mining experiment that took place 26 years ago still has significant and persistent impacts on benthic life.

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New Analysis Helps Manage Risks to Shipping in the Great Lakes

by Jim Hall 11 May 202018 October 2022

Modeling of mysteriously fluctuating water levels in the Great Lakes has helped to optimize the prices of shipping insurance contracts along with investments in dredging navigation channels.

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How Financial Markets Can Grow More Climate Savvy

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 22 April 202018 April 2023

Take extreme weather risks into account, and markets could prove hardier in a changing world.

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Thirty Years, $500 Million, and a Scientific Mission in the Gulf

by Heather Goss 27 March 202022 November 2021

Gulf Research Program executive director Lauren Alexander Augustine discusses the impact science can have on communities when given money and time.

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Quantifying Aerosol Effects on Climate Using Ship Track Clouds

by B. Stevens 25 March 202018 October 2022

A new methodology for measuring how human emissions influence cloud properties and radiative forcing developed by reconstructing cloud fields in maritime shipping lanes.

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Climate Change Will Reduce Spanish Olive Oil Production

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 19 March 202014 September 2022

Increased droughts will reduce southern Spain’s olive oil output by 30% before the end of the century.

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How to Launch a Satellite During a Blackout

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PG&E shut down the power to Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory right before a satellite launch.

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Profits for the Planet

Korena Di Roma Howley, Science Writer by Korena Di Roma Howley 29 January 20204 February 2022

Entrepreneurs are addressing global challenges with science-based—and financially sustainable—solutions.

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