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Blueprint for Mandating Indoor Air Quality for Public Buildings in Form of Standards

A group of international experts led by QUT Professor Lidia Morawska has presented a blueprint for national indoor quality standards for public buildings, in an article in the prestigious journal Science.

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Open Waste Burning Linked to Air Pollution in Northwestern Greenland

A case study on the effects of open waste burning on air quality in Northwestern Greenland calls attention to the importance of no-one-left-behind sustainable air quality monitoring in the Arctic region.

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How Extratropical Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions Can Contribute to the Variability of Jet Streams in the Northern Hemisphere

The interaction between the oceans and the atmosphere plays a vital role in shaping the Earth’s climate. 

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Small Birds Spice up the Already Diverse Diet of Spotted Hyenas in Namibia

Hyenas are generalist predators (and scavengers) with a broad range of prey species.

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Simple Equations Clarify Cloud Climate Conundrum

New analysis based on simple equations has reduced uncertainty about how clouds will affect future climate change.

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Rivers of the Andean Foothills

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this nadir photograph of the Salta Province in northern Argentina while in orbit over South America.

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Grappling with Thailand’s Seasonal Haze

Each year in January and February, satellites begin to detect waves of smoke and fire in Southeast Asia, particularly in highland forests in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand.

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Canada Lynx Historic Range in US Likely Wider than Previously Thought

A broader past could mean a brighter future for Canada lynx in the U.S., according to recent research.

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Genomic Research May Be Key to Understanding Cancer Resistance in Tasmanian Devils

Over the past 30 years, Australia’s Tasmanian devil population has been afflicted with an infectious cancer that has pushed the species to near extinction.

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Magnetic Avalanche Triggered by Quantum Effects

Iron screws and other so-called ferromagnetic materials are made up of atoms with electrons that act like little magnets.

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