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The Egyptian pyramids at Giza abut the bustling city of Cairo.
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5,000-Year-Old Copper Pollution Found near the Pyramids

by Evan Howell 23 August 202423 August 2024

New geoarchaeological research shows that metalworking in ancient Egypt led to significant contamination in a nearby port.

The shoreline of Little Wolf Lake, Mich., as seen from a bright red kayak on the lake. Lilly pads lie scattered throughout the water. Tall trees stand at the edge of the shoreline and over a small blue house on the shore.
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Motorized Boats Likely Adding Toxins to Michigan Lakes

by Andrea Tamayo 18 July 202418 July 2024

Researchers found naphthalene, an EPA top priority pollutant, in two Michigan lakes.

The 24 June 2024 landslide at Eagle Mine in Canada.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog

More information about the 24 June 2024 heap leach landslide at Eagle Mine in Canada

by Dave Petley 27 June 202427 June 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Information is emerging about the 24 June 2024 landslide at Eagle Mine in Yukon, Canada. Northern Miner has a video taken from an aircraft flying over the site that is worth a […]

A man holds a clear cylinder that is about 3 feet tall and holds ocean sediment and water.
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Toxic Metal on the Rise in the Baltic Sea

by Amy Mayer 17 June 202417 June 2024

Postwar reconstruction is likely the cause of elevated thallium levels, but low-oxygen, high-sulfide conditions keep the material, which is extremely dangerous to mammalian health, from moving into the human food chain.

A fleet of small, colorfully painted fishing boats adorned with flags sits in the water at a dock.
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Global Change Research for a More Secure World

by Benjamin L. Preston, Hila Levy, Heather Tallis, Rod Schoonover and Jane Lubchenco 14 May 202424 September 2024

Orienting global change science so that it informs national security issues will help us develop interventions that promote social stability and ecological well-being.

A submersible dredges sediment from the seafloor.
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Balancing the Deep Ocean Plastics Budget

by Bill Morris 1 May 20241 May 2024

Up to 11 million metric tons of plastic are sitting on the seafloor, mostly near coasts and shipping corridors.

Posted inNews

Núcleos de hielo de la Antártica capturan la contaminación de los metales pesados y su historia

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 22 April 202422 April 2024

Un núcleo de hielo que tiene registro más de 2 milenios, sugiere que la minería y la metalurgia aumentaron y disminuyeron con acontecimientos como las guerras y las epidemias.

A boat holding an instrument on a foggy lake
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Chemodiversity Could Indicate Freshwater Ecosystem Health

by Grace van Deelen 18 April 202418 April 2024

High-resolution mass spectrometry provides innovative analyses of dissolved organic matter.

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Air Pollution Has Masked Climate Change’s Influence on U.S. Rainfall

by Katherine Bourzac 2 April 20242 April 2024

A study suggests that high levels of aerosol pollution have offset higher precipitation levels caused by a warming climate.

Plastic trash litters the beach as children play in Manila.
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Manila Confronts Its Plastic Problem

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 25 March 20242 June 2025

The Philippine capital is the latest city to address rampant plastic pollution through a community-guided protocol.

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