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Living walls line Milan’s Bosco Verticale apartment building
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Cómo convertir nuestras ciudades en Treetopias

by Alan Simson 15 January 20216 September 2022

Estamos y seguiremos plantando más árboles callejeros, arboledas urbanas y cúmulos informales de árboles en nuestros parques y espacios verdes. La Treetopia ha comenzado.

Huge plumes of smoke billow behind rural homes in Brian Head, Utah, in 2017.
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Wildfires May Exacerbate Asthma in the Western United States

by A. Gold 18 December 202028 October 2021

A new study predicts that by the 2050s, wildfire smoke will cause the region to spend $850 million more every year to treat asthma.

A metal gate across a rural road during a dust storm in a dry landscape
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Long-Term Drought Harms Mental Health in Rural Communities

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 15 December 20203 November 2021

In rural and remote communities in Australia, psychological distress worsened during the first few years of a prolonged drought. Other signs of poor mental health persisted beyond that time.

Wall of dust wells up behind suburban desert homes
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Saving Lives by Predicting Dust Storms

by Jackie Rocheleau 14 December 20202 March 2023

In the southwestern United States, dust storms form suddenly, quickly reducing visibility to zero. A new warning system may allow motorists to avoid these deadly hazards.

A roadcut in Kentucky reveals layers of Camp Nelson Limestone
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Certain Rock Formations Can Lead to In-Home Radon Risks

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 11 December 202013 September 2025

Researchers in Kentucky have merged results from home test kits with the state’s geologic map to produce a map of indoor radon potential based on the geology underlying homes in the state.

Black-legged ticks, also known as deer ticks, are responsible for transmitting Lyme disease in the United States and Canada.
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Lyme Disease and the Dangers of the Forest Edge

Hannah Thomasy, Science Writer by Hannah Thomasy 8 December 20209 September 2024

Living near a forest edge may be an important risk factor for Lyme disease; these liminal spaces provide the perfect habitat for one of the black-legged tick’s favorite hosts.

Handwritten cardboard signs from a Black Lives Matter protest in Poland, centered on a quote from Angela Davis about antiracism.
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Geociencias Comprometidas con la Justicia Racial. Ahora Tenemos Trabajo que Hacer

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 25 November 202014 March 2023

Quedarse callado es volverse cómplice de nuestra propia destrucción porque el racismo nos destruye a todos. Pero no quedarse callado implica más que hacer declaraciones. También está el silencio colectivo de no hacer nada. —No Time For Silence

Health officials monitor residents with thermometers and disinfectants
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Can Climate Preparedness Mitigate Emerging Pandemics?

Tim Hornyak, Science Writer by Tim Hornyak 6 November 202024 October 2022

Indonesians say being prepared for climate-related disasters helped blunt the impact of the coronavirus pandemic—and that lessons in resilience may mitigate the effects of climate crises in the future.

The Alaknanda River, seen from stream level, flows among mountains in northern India.
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Tracking Trace Elements in the Ganga River

by David Shultz 16 October 202016 February 2022

Levels of dissolved trace and heavy metals, which can be toxic, are highly variable across the river basin, concentrating in urban areas with high pollution but diluted by inflow from tributaries.

Black-and-white image of Navajo mine workers at a uranium mine
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Pensando en el Zinc: Mitigando la Exposición al Uranio en la Nación Navajo

by R. Mazumdar 9 October 202020 September 2022

En un innovador ensayo clínico se estudia el impacto del zinc en la mitigación de los efectos sobre la salud relacionados con la minería de uranio. Éste se lleva a cabo mediante la “participación bidireccional” entre los Navajos y las comunidades médicas.

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