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How Ubiquitous Small Particles Turn Harmful Inside Plants

A new UC Riverside-led study reveals how common small particles produced by nature as well as human activities can transform upon entering plant cells and weaken plants’ ability to turn sunlight into food.

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Climate Change May Make Prescribed Fires Rarer – but Increase Their Air Quality Impacts

Prescribed burns are important for land management and preventing wildfires, but a new study finds these managed fires are also significant contributors to air pollution in the southeastern United States – particularly in areas with large minority and low-income populations. 

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Helping Energy Systems Weather the Storm

When Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico in 2022, it exposed the vulnerabilities of the island’s energy infrastructure.

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Climate Change Cuts Global Crop Yields, Even When Farmers Adapt

The global food system faces growing risks from climate change, even as farmers seek to adapt, according to a June 18 study in Nature.

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New Research Maps Optimal Locations for Climate-Fighting Reforestation

New research from the Future Ecosystems for Africa program at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, has created the most accurate maps yet of where reforestation can effectively combat climate change.

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Tree Rings Reveal Increasing Rainfall Seasonality in Amazon

Scientists have used clues locked into tree rings to reveal major changes in the Amazon’s rainfall cycle over the last 40 years: wet seasons are getting wetter and dry seasons drier.

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Seals Study Shows Melting Sea Ice is Shaping Their Future

New study reveals how Antarctic seals are responding to shifts in Antarctic sea ice and what long term changes could mean for their future survival.

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Scientists’ New Blueprint Integrates Rewilding and Agriculture to Tackle Biodiversity Crisis

Setting aside at least 20% of agricultural landscapes for rewilding and adopting wildlife friendly practices on remaining farmland could reverse biodiversity declines while maintaining food production. 

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Living Near Harmful Algal Blooms Reduces Life Expectancy With ALS

Researchers say avoiding these toxic blooms may reduce the rate of disease.

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Fire and Agriculture Drive Soil Degradation in the Southern Brazilian Amazon

Study shows that carbon and nitrogen losses from the soil persist for nearly a decade after burning, and conversion to agriculture causes even more severe impacts.

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