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FAU Sensing Institute’s Weather Network Brings Real-time Forecasting

As Floridians prepare for an active 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, the most serious threat may not come from wind, but from water.

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Study Helps Pinpoint Areas Where Microplastics Will Accumulate

The accumulation of microplastics in the environment, and within our bodies, is an increasingly worrisome issue.

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Glacier Collapse Buries Swiss Village

On the afternoon of May 28, 2025, an avalanche of rock and ice from the Birch Glacier (Birchgletscher) in southwestern Switzerland roared into the valley below.

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Birds vs. Wind Turbines: New Research Aims to Prevent Deaths

Wind energy is an important tool for reducing carbon emissions. Hundreds of thousands of wind turbines now operate globally, and despite recent challenges in some countries, analysts predict that wind power capacity could grow tenfold by 2050.

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A Haze Over North America

More than 180 wildland fires burned across Canada on June 1, 2025, continuing what has been an active fire year so far.

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New Technologies Help Wood-Burning Stoves Burn More Efficiently, Produce Less Smoke

Oregon State University researchers are gaining a more detailed understanding of emissions from wood-burning stoves and developing technologies that allow stoves to operate much more cleanly and safely, potentially limiting particulate matter pollution by 95%.

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Drought-Resilient Plant Holds Promise for Future Food Production, Study Finds

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated in an intact plant a long-contested process that allows some plants to rebound from extended drought.

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Researchers Unveil a Groundbreaking Clay-Based Solution to Capture Carbon Dioxide and Combat Climate Change

One of Earth's most common nanomaterials is facilitating breakthroughs in tackling climate change: clay.

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Atmospheric Chemistry Keeps Pollutants in the Air

New study from Hokkaido University details processes that keep pollutants aloft despite a drop in emissions.

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Researchers Use Deep Learning to Predict Flooding This Hurricane Season

The 2025 hurricane season officially begins on June 1, and it's forecast to be more active than ever, with potentially devastating storms whose heavy rainfall and powerful storm surges cause dangerous coastal flooding.

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