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Living walls line Milan’s Bosco Verticale apartment building
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How to Turn Our Cities Into Treetopias

by Alan Simson 23 April 20207 January 2022

We are and will continue to plant more street trees, urban groves and informal clusters of trees in our parks and green spaces. Treetopia has begun.

Crowd in front of a yellow tower
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Oktoberfest’s Methane Rise Is the Wurst

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 23 April 20206 December 2021

Incomplete combustion and biogenic emissions—exhalations and flatulence—make Oktoberfest a significant, albeit temporary, source of the potent greenhouse gas.

An officer checks the quality as police personnel make face masks and personal protective gear amid COVID-19 outbreak in Jammu, India.
Posted inOpinions

Geohealth: Science’s First Responders

by Gabriel Filippelli 13 April 202022 October 2021

At the intersection of human health and the environment, the emerging field called geohealth can teach us how not to repeat mistakes made in past disasters.

Clear view of Glories Tower in Barcelona
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Coronavirus Lockdown Brings Clean Air to Spanish Cities

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 9 April 202013 March 2023

Measures against the spread of the new coronavirus have an unexpected side effect: record-low air pollution levels.

Aerial image of a village in Bangladesh with markers showing arsenic concentrations in wells
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Fresh Approaches to Protecting Human Health from Pollution

by K. Hudson-Edwards 2 April 20202 February 2022

New low-cost monitoring and mapping techniques can identify multiple pollution sources and reduce related human disease and death.

Microscopic image of a Chaetoceros large-cell diatom
Posted inResearch Spotlights

New Models Give Global Picture of Mercury Content in Oceans

by David Shultz 30 March 20205 June 2023

Concentrations of methylated mercury in high latitudes show the importance of sunlight and biological activity for cycling the metal.

Aerial photo of a fracking site
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How Death and Disaster Followed the Shale Gas Boom in Appalachia

by R. Mukherjee 27 February 202012 November 2021

In the past decade, fracking has contributed to the deaths of more than a thousand people and the emission of more than a thousand tons of carbon dioxide in the Appalachian Basin.

Colorful pills being flushed down a toilet
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Drugs in Our Water Can Leave Even More Toxic By-Products

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 10 December 201918 October 2021

The chemicals in our pharmaceuticals and personal care products quickly transform into different compounds when they enter the environment. Their toxic effects are relatively unknown.

An African American woman wears a mask over the lower part of her face.
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Some Communities Feel the Effects of Air Pollution More Than Others

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 20 November 201917 August 2022

A new study compares exposure to power plant emissions among communities based on race, income, and geography. Black Americans are most at risk.

A female blacklegged tick
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Putting a Price on the Costs of Climate Related Health Impacts

by J. Balbus, V. Limaye and K. Knowlton 9 October 20199 November 2022

Using examples from the year 2012, a new study estimates the health costs of deaths and illnesses associated with climate-sensitive events.

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