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After Salmon Deaths, EPA Takes Aim at Toxic Chemical Issuing from Car Tires

The Environmental Protection Agency will review the use of a chemical found in tires that has been linked with the deaths of salmon on the U.S. West Coast.

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Maps Reveal Biochar’s Potential for Mitigating Climate Change

Biochar, a charcoal made from heating discarded organic materials such as crop residues, offers a path to lowering atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) at a time when climate scientists warn that urgent action is needed limit CO2 in the atmosphere.

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Cracking the Code: Genome Sequencing Reveals Why Songbirds are Larger in Colder Climates

Scientists have unlocked the genetic basis underlying the remarkable variation in body size observed in song sparrows, one of North America’s most familiar and beloved songbirds.

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Study: Underground Car Parks Heat up Groundwater

The heat given off by car engines warms up underground car parks in such a way that the heat passes through the ground into the groundwater. 

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Scientists Map Loss of Groundwater Storage Around the World

A new study maps, for the first time, the permanent loss of aquifer storage capacity occurring globally.

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Damaging Thunderstorm Winds Increasing in Central U.S.

Destructive winds that flow out of thunderstorms in the central United States are becoming more widespread with warming temperatures, according to new research by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).

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Assessing Vulnerability of Fish and Invertebrates to Climate Change in the Southeast

New NOAA-led research reveals species in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic that may be most vulnerable or more resilient to climate change, as well as the reasons why.

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Air Pollution-Related Hospitalization for Chest Pain, Heart Attack Differed by Seasons

Short-term increases in fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) during the summer and winter months in a mountain valley region of Utah were associated with increased health care visits for heart attack and unstable chest pain; however, the risk for each cardiac event differed by season, according to a preliminary study to be presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2023. 

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Keeping an Eye on the Regions When It Comes to Climate Change

Up to now, the results of climate simulations have sometimes contradicted the analysis of climate traces from the past. 

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UC Irvine-Led Science Team Shows How to Eat Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis

Agriculture is one of the hardest human activities to decarbonize; people must eat, but the land-use practices associated with growing crops account for roughly a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions. 

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