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Cyclones Affect Heart Health for Months After They Subside

by Andrew Chapman 16 September 202516 September 2025

In a multicountry study, researchers found that cyclones increase the risk of heart disease–related hospitalizations for up to 6 months.

Tres hombres con chaquetas amarillas y cascos están de pie junto a un árbol talado o caído. El aire a su alrededor es polvoriento, y uno de ellos levanta un terrón.
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Donde hay fuego, hay humo

by Emily Dieckman 16 September 20253 October 2025

Utilizando los instrumentos de monitoreo existentes y nuevos, investigadores trabajan para comprender mejor la calidad del aire durante y después de los incendios forestales de Los Ángeles.

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Living Near an Indigenous Forest Could Reduce the Risk of Disease

by Grace van Deelen 11 September 202525 September 2025

An analysis of 20 years of health data in eight Amazonian countries, published today in Communications Earth and Environment, shows that protecting Indigenous-managed forests may help reduce various kinds of disease, including fire-related respiratory diseases and illnesses spread by animals.

A person’s hand holds a cup with ice cream near a sidewalk in a city.
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Heat Spurs Unequal Consumption of Sweet Treats

by Grace van Deelen 8 September 20258 September 2025

A new analysis shows warmer weather may drive more added sugar consumption, particularly among already-vulnerable groups.

Tres hombres con chaquetas amarillas y cascos están de pie junto a un árbol talado o caído. El aire a su alrededor es polvoriento, y uno de ellos levanta un terrón.
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Where There’s Fire, There’s Smoke

by Emily Dieckman 26 August 202516 September 2025

Using both existing and newly launched monitoring instruments, researchers work to better understand air quality during and after the Los Angeles wildfires.

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Public Speaks Out Against EPA Plan to Rescind Endangerment Finding

by Grace van Deelen 25 August 202527 August 2025

Advocates, scientists, doctors, members of Congress, kids, parents, and other individuals spoke out in a series of hearings last week to let the Environmental Protection Agency know how they feel about a potential sea change in climate and environmental policy: the proposed repeal of the 2009 Endangerment Finding.

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Environmental Groups Sue to Block Everglades Detention Facility

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 1 July 202525 August 2025

The groups assert that the facility will undermine decades’ of work and billions of dollars spent restoring and protecting the Everglades’ delicate ecosystem.

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Fallowed Fields Are Fueling California’s Dust Problem

by Andrew Chapman 13 June 202512 June 2025

New research shows that unplanted agricultural lands are behind most of the state’s anthropogenic dust events.

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Posted inResearch Spotlights

Charting a Path from Fire Features to Health Outcomes

by Saima May Sidik 5 June 20255 June 2025

A new framework aims to better equip scientists, communities, and decisionmakers to characterize data and rapidly respond to wildland-urban interface fires and their effects on public health.

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Climate Change Made Extreme Heat Days More Likely

by Grace van Deelen 30 May 202525 September 2025

A new attribution study shows every single extreme heat event since last May was made more probable by climate change.

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