The agency’s proposal to tighten standards for small-particulate pollution has prompted opposing calls for tighter and looser regulations.
culture & policy
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Collaboration Helps Overcome Challenges in Air Quality Monitoring
Everything looks ideal for collaboration: interest from community members, a new method for monitoring air quality by scientists, and interest from policymakers. What happens next?
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Ten Rivers Facing Pollution, Development, and Climate Change—And Policies That Can Help
An annual report highlights 10 waterways that have arrived at forks: where public support could determine whether they receive protection.
Posted inEditors' Vox
Demographic Data Support Inclusive and Equitable Publishing
AGU aims to increase inclusion in publishing. We need to have good data to show where we are and track our progress. Please help us by updating your profile today.
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Biden Administration Considers Unprecedented Solution to Colorado River Crisis
As Colorado River Basin states prove unable to reach a consensus in reducing their water consumption, the U.S. Department of the Interior is investigating an option that defies the Law of the River.
Posted inOpinions
The Vanishing Scholar: Indigenous Erasure in Funding Data
Nonreporting of funding data and exclusion of communities from research harm Indigenous Peoples and contribute to their invisibility in science and society. We can and must do better.
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Urban Water Conservation Success in the Colorado River Basin
In the past few decades, cities in Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada have vastly increased their water use efficiency. They’ve also learned lessons that can inform other cities’ efforts.
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Your Databases Need a Reboot
Scientists are reassessing dated data in the time of the Cloud.
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Cómo el Último Máximo Glacial influenció en el origen del vino
El severo clima de la era de hielo influenció el cultivo de la vid durante el nacimiento de la agricultura.
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Refugees Are Replanting Trees in Northern Uganda
In the Palorinya Refugee Settlement, efforts to reduce deforestation and increase tree coverage help the ecosystem and improve refugees’ quality of life.