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Early Life Exposure to Weed Pollen Could Increase Childhood Asthma Risk: Study

Urban green spaces may be harmful despite tree cover providing some protection. 

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Fine-Tuning Leaf Angle with CRISPR Improves Sugarcane Yield

Sugarcane is the world’s largest crop by biomass yield, providing 80 percent of the sugar and 40 percent of the biofuel produced worldwide. 

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Wildfire Smoke Killed More Than 50,000 Californians Over a Decade

A new study finds that more than 50,000 Californians died from exposure to wildfire smoke over a little more than a decade.

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Frozen? Let It Melt With Efficient New Deicer Friendly to the Environment

The dangers of frozen roads, airplane engines, and runways are well known, but the use of commercial deicers often means short-term safety over long-term environmental degradation. 

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Climate Crisis Puts Australia’s Ski Industry on Slippery Slope, but Not All Hope Is Lost

Australia’s ski industry is at risk of major disruptions and shorter seasons if the current level of climate pollution continues, according to new modelling from Protect Our Winters Australia (POW) and The Australian National University (ANU). 

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Earth and Space Share the Same Turbulence

In a paper published in Geophysical Research Letters, researchers have discovered that the turbulence in the thermosphere exhibits the same physical laws as the wind in the lower atmosphere. 

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In a Significant First, Researchers Detect Water Frost on Solar System’s Tallest Volcanoes

A research team unveiled that Mars’ Tharsis volcanoes have on and off patches of water frost, challenging previous assumptions about the Martian climate and helping shed light on how water behaves on the planet.

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Using the Moon's Soil to Support Life, Energy Generation and Construction

Imagine the moon as a hub of manufacturing, construction and even human life.

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Study Illuminates Previously Unknown Ocean Mercury Pathway

In early May, the neurotoxic effects of the heavy metal mercury made news when outlets reported that 2024 U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in 2012 that he experienced cognitive issues such as memory loss due to mercury poisoning, likely from a diet heavy in tuna.

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Pesticides Impair Mobility and Immune System of Brazilian Native Stingless Bees, Study Shows

A study conducted by Brazilian researchers affiliated with São Paulo State University (UNESP), the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) and the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) has shown how three pesticides widely used by farmers in Brazil – imidacloprid, pyraclostrobin and glyphosate – affect native stingless bees of the species Melipona scutellaris. Whether they are used singly or combined, the pesticides impaired the bees’ ability to move about and weakened their defenses.

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