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Two young people riding aboard a boat pick through mud with their hands in search of meteorites.
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Community Scientists Recover Micrometeorites from Lake Michigan

by Katherine Kornei 15 August 202215 August 2022

A team of scientists, educators, and teenagers discovered the objects, some of which may have been delivered by a fireball that streaked across the sky in 2017.

Una imagen del Frjiol (Cloud Gate) en el Parque Milenio en Chicago. Varias personas están en la imagen con atuendos veraniegos.
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Estimando la frecuencia e intensidad las olas de calor: Un caso de estudio en Chicago

by Saima May Sidik 20 April 202220 April 2022

Modelado numérico mostró los impactos extendidos de la ola de calor del 2012 en Chicago, clarificando los impactos de la ola de calor y la isla de calor urbana en la temperatura de la ciudad.

An image of the Bean (Cloud Gate) located in Millennium Park in Chicago
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Estimating Heat Wave Frequency and Strength: A Chicago Case Study

by Saima May Sidik 10 March 202220 April 2022

Numerical modeling shows widespread impacts of the 2012 Chicago heat wave, shedding light on heat wave and urban heat island impacts on the city’s temperature.

Historic 1902 map of Calumet Quadrangle near Chicago
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Chicago Wetlands Shrank by 40% During the 20th Century

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 23 September 202011 January 2022

A team of graduate students measured wetland and biodiversity changes during the 100 years following the reversal of the Chicago River.

Many fish jumping in a river
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Is Chicago Water Pollution Halting a Silver Carp Invasion?

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 12 September 201918 October 2021

Pollution is definitely not the solution to stopping invasive silver carp, researchers assert. But cleaner waters could affect the invasion front.

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