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In the foreground are tall grasses and green leafy bushes that cover hidden mines. A red sign with a skull and crossbones reads “Danger! Mines!” in both English and Khmer. Three wooden houses on stilts sit in the background of the image, and a group of villagers is gathered around the base of the central house. More houses extend into the distance, and a mountain range is visible on the horizon.

New “Snakebot” Could Map Cambodian Minefields

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 15 December 20219 February 2022

By navigating under dense vegetation, an innovative robot could significantly reduce the monetary, environmental, and human cost of demining Cambodia.

Five people planting young trees in Houston field

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Native Super Trees Could Provide Climate Solutions to Houston

by Graycen Wheeler 15 December 20211 June 2023

A Houston nonprofit identified 14 native “super tree” species that are particularly promising for mitigating climate change and public health concerns.

In the foreground sits a yellow-beige pond, with tree trunks scattered about its surface. Two dredges that appear to be made of wood float by the banks, smoke rising from between them. In the background, the green rain forest towers, the blue sky smudged with white smoke.

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Mercury-Based Gold Mining Haunts Peruvian Rain Forests

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 15 December 202115 December 2021

In Peru, gold mining harms rain forests and human health. Satellite data can now track forest recovery in protected areas and the migration of informal miners to less regulated areas.

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Tracking Pollution in the Breeze, with Trees

by Nathaniel Scharping 15 December 202127 March 2023

New research outlines how pine needles offer a simple, low-cost means of assessing particulate matter pollution.

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Crowdsourced Science Helps Map Vancouver’s “Smellscape”

by Brittney J. Miller 14 December 202127 March 2023

Exposure to stinky odors can affect human health, but quantifying smells can be difficult.

Image of dairy cows lined up inside a barn, with one cow facing forward

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Midwest Livestock Operations Linked to Rise in Ammonia Pollution

by Grace van Deelen 14 December 202126 April 2022

For the first time, scientists have linked high-density animal operations in the U.S. Midwest to rising air pollution from ammonia, suggesting need for increased regulation from the EPA.

A chat, or waste, pile near the Tar Creek Superfund site in Oklahoma.

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Community Input Drives Superfund Research

by Robin Donovan 14 December 202125 October 2022

Researchers identified geochemical tracers for lead and investigated Oklahomans’ concerns at the Tar Creek Superfund site.

Several people aboard a small motorboat in a fjord with a glacial ice cliff in the background

Science Updates

Arctic Unicorns and the Secret Sounds of a Glacial Fjord

by Evgeny A. Podolskiy 9 December 20213 February 2023

The successful deployment of a seafloor seismometer near the calving front of a Greenland glacier has opened a new avenue to study hidden glacial processes and the behavior of fjord-dwelling wildlife.