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Grandes plumas de humo detrás de casas rurales en Brian Head, Utah, 2017
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Los Incendios forestales podrían exacerbar el asma en el oeste de los Estados Unidos

by A. Gold 4 May 20212 February 2022

Un nuevo estudio predice que para la década de 2050, el humo de los incendios forestales hará que la región gaste $850 millones más cada año para tratar el asma.

Hong Kong and Victoria Harbor
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Improving Air Quality in China’s Greater Bay Area

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 28 April 20215 January 2023

New simulations show how reducing residential and agricultural pollution outside the Greater Bay Area could improve public health inside this megalopolis and across China.

Un corte de carretera mostrando capas de la Caliza Camp Nelson
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Ciertas formaciones rocosas pueden provocar riesgos de radón en los hogares

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 2 April 202120 September 2022

Investigadores de Kentucky han combinado resultados de kits de pruebas domésticas con el mapa geológico del estado para elaborar un mapa del potencial de radón en interiores basado en la geología subyacente a las viviendas del estado.

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Aerosol Scientists Try to Clear the Air About COVID-19 Transmission

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 31 March 202131 May 2022

“We are basically doing what a public health agency should be doing.”

Verdant, hilly vista of Los Cerrillos, Cauca, Colombia
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Climate Change May Reduce Children’s Diet Diversity

by C. Fogerty 2 March 202120 October 2021

Researchers synthesize climate and health data to statistically quantify the relationship between diet diversity and climate variables.

Illustration of underserved communities in Phoenix and Florida suffering from heat illnesses
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Dangerous Heat, Unequal Consequences

by Sofia Moutinho and E. Gawthrop 23 February 20215 October 2021

How two neighborhoods in Arizona and Florida became hot spots for sickening heat.

New Orleans, La., houses surrounded by debris and floodwater from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Assessing Social Equity in Disasters

by E. Tate and C. Emrich 23 February 202127 October 2022

Natural hazard impacts and resources allocated for risk reduction and disaster recovery are often inequitably distributed. New research is developing and applying methods to measure these inequities.

Imagen satelital del hemisferio este de la Tierra.
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Ocho lecciones del COVID-19 para guiar nuestra respuesta climática

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 17 February 20215 November 2021

La respuesta global de la pandemia en curso puede enseñarnos cómo deberíamos y no deberíamos responder la crisis climática. Y lo más importante aún, demuestra que podemos hacer algo.

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Suicide Rates May Rise After Natural Disasters

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 26 January 202115 October 2021

Rates of suicide increased most dramatically in the second year after a disaster, after many postdisaster mental health assistance programs expire.

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.

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