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OʻAhu Infrastructure Threatened by Tipping Point in Sea-Level Rise Impacts

A new comprehensive study by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) at Mānoa Climate Resilience Collaborative reveals that traditional sea-level rise models, that account only for rising ocean waters, drastically underestimate the true threat to coastal infrastructure on Oʻahu, Hawai‘i. 

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Fossil CO2 Emissions Decrease in 2026

Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to decrease by 0.4% in 2026 – driven by expansion of solar and wind power and the Iran conflict – according to new research by the Global Carbon Project.

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Earth’s Ionosphere Supplied Vast Majority of Ring Current Ions During May 2024 Super Geomagnetic Storm, Study Finds

Despite the dense solar wind, solar wind ion contributions to the ring current during the May 2024 superstorm were minimal — the first simultaneous observation of ring current ions and solar wind during a storm this large.

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Arctic Wildlife Research Suffers as Geopolitical Competition Grows

Decades ago, one of the world’s largest subpopulations of nesting eider ducks spent its summers on tiny Mitivik Island, near the mouth of Hudson Bay.

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Earth’s ‘Core Carbon’ May Have Come From the Far Reaches of the Solar System

A new study suggests that most of Earth’s carbon originated in the outer solar system and didn’t arrive here until the late stages of planetary development.

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Waterloo Innovation Could Make Cooling AI Data Centres Cheaper and More Efficient

Data centres at the heart of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution could be cooled more effectively and economically with a hybrid system under development at the University of Waterloo that targets hotspots on computer chips with a single drop of boiling coolant.

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The Desert Difference: Where agriculture's Future Meets the Field

In agriculture, innovation has to do more than look promising on paper. It has to work in the field.

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How High-Speed Ferries Can Reclaim Their Environmental Credentials

Norway has the technology and expertise needed to develop high-speed catamarans capable of operating even the longest routes. But something is missing.

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Can Engineering Solve the Forever Chemical Problem?

Among the technical inquiries spanning topics like cyclodextrin polymers and mass spectrometry that were stacked in Damian Helbling’s inbox was a question about four golden retrievers.

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