Findings of a new study have implications for water quality, aquatic ecosystem health, and water treatment and management as the world warms.
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Western US Adjoint Tomography Reproduces Waveform Complexity
Adjoint tomography employing 3D wavefield simulations for 72 well recorded regional earthquakes in the western U.S. yields spectacular improvements to waveform fits.
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Living near Fumigant-Using Farms Could Increase Cancer Risk
Analysis of data from 11 western U.S. states found higher cancer rates in people living in areas with elevated gas-based pest control.
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Roosters, S’mores, and #EmergencyCute: A Humor-in-Crisis How-To
When natural hazards strike communities, we may not think science agencies should respond with humor. Researchers suggest that sometimes, however, humor can connect communities and bring smiles.
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For Western Wildfires, the Immediate Past Is Prologue
A new machine learning approach trained on winter and spring climate conditions offers improved forecasts of summer fire activity across the western United States.
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Cuantificando los beneficios para la salud de una transición a energías limpias en EE. UU.
Eliminar la contaminación del aire relacionada con la energía en los Estados Unidos podría evitar aproximadamente 50,000 muertes prematuras y ahorrar miles de millones de dólares al año.
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Algorithm Detects Thousands of Missing Levees from U.S. Database
An existing levee database accounts for just one fifth of the country’s actual total levee count, limiting the study of how these embankments affect riparian ecosystem health in the United States.
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Quantifying the Health Benefits of a U.S. Clean Energy Transition
Eliminating energy-related air pollution in the United States could prevent roughly 50,000 premature deaths and save billions of dollars per year.
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A Probabilistic Model for Classifying Temporary Rivers
The model relies on measurable broad-scale attributes, increasing its flexibility for use in diverse environments.
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Wildfire, Drought, and Insects Threaten Forests in the United States
Western forest managers face a catch-22: They can keep carbon sequestered in trees by reducing controlled burns, but that creates denser forests at greater risk of going up in uncontrolled flames.