Satellite data could help address rising rates of vibriosis infections, often the result of eating undercooked seafood, along the East Coast of the United States.
Health & Ecosystems
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The Breath of Colonialism Continues to Taint the Air in Uganda
Potentially harmful air quality in Kampala, Uganda, follows the borders of segregated settlements from Africa’s colonial era.
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Cooking with Gas Creates Unhealthy Work Environments
Even with ventilation, commercial kitchens can have air pollution levels that exceed health-related limits.
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Nebraska High Schoolers Test Well Water Quality
The Know Your Well program gives high school students experience in hands-on STEM research while providing community members information about their water quality.
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A New App Tracks Burrowing Animals That Weaken Levees
Researchers are calling on amateur scientists to help protect flood barriers in their communities.
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Snowmelt Sends Caribou Packing
Researchers compared caribou tracking data with satellite observations to learn whether snowpack conditions trigger the animals’ arduous annual migration.
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Burning Cow Dung Emits an Inordinate Amount of Air Pollution in India
Dried cow dung, a main source of household cooking fuel for many in rural India, releases more particulate matter across the country than wood and other biofuels.
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Planetary Perturbations May Strengthen Gaia
Large-scale disruptions to life may ultimately increase ecological complexity over geologic timescales, though the risk of extinction always looms.
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Dry Heat, Wet Heat, and Wetland Methane Emissions
Compound weather events—such as extreme cold or heat combined with severe dryness or precipitation—have a greater effect on wetland methane emissions than discrete weather extremes do.
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Oil, Gas, and COVID-19
Early in the pandemic, people living near oil and gas wells experienced higher rates of COVID-19 and related mortality compared with those with no exposure to well pollution.