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California governor Jerry Brown addresses a roomful of scientists at AGU’s 2016 Fall Meeting.
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California’s Governor Promises to Fight for Science

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 14 December 20166 October 2021

Scientific efforts must ratchet up in the face of rising climate change denial, Governor Brown said to a roomful of scientists.

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Melting Ice Could Reveal Toxic Cold War Era Waste in Greenland

by Lauren Lipuma 7 September 201613 March 2023

Unforeseen political disputes could arise as countries assess who's responsible for the cleanup of the Cold War relics.

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Tracking Radioactive Cesium Released During Fukushima Disaster

by David Shultz 23 February 201621 February 2023

Scientists probe the Pacific to determine how far the damage from one of the largest nuclear meltdowns in history extends.

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Urbanization Affects Air and Water in Italy's Po Plain

by M. Masetti, S. V. Nghiem, A. Sorichetta, S. Stevenazzi, P. Fabbri, M. Pola, M. Filippini and G. R. Brakenridge 23 October 201531 May 2022

Satellite and ground-based measurements show a correlation between urban growth and increased levels of pollutants.

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Contaminated Sediment and Dam Removals: Problem or Opportunity?

by J. E. Evans 8 October 201514 September 2022

Restoring rivers to their free-flowing state promises a host of environmental benefits, but contaminated sediments may cloud the picture.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Past Phosphorus Runoff Causes Present Oxygen Depletion in Lakes

by David Shultz 24 July 201520 April 2022

Sediment cores show how phosphorus pollution in the 1950s led to current, inherited hypoxia in lakes in the Alps.

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Miners Left a Pollution Trail in the Great Lakes 6000 Years Ago

by J. Rosen 24 December 201410 September 2025

Scientists find evidence of ancient copper mining in polluted lake sediments from Isle Royale National Park.

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