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NOAA Research Offers Roadmap to Improve West Nile Forecasting and Prevention

A new technique based on weather data is the first to successfully predict caseloads.

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Giant Fan-Shaped Geological Structure Discovered Beneath East Antarctica

An international team of researchers including our Department of Geography has discovered a vast geological structure hidden beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.

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Wearable Polygraph Detects Hidden Stress

The body can notice stress before the conscious brain — and that’s no lie.

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Research Team Seeks Answers from a Changing River

Dan Gillikin surveyed the view from his front window and didn’t like what he saw.

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Water Splitting Catalyst Creates Hydrogen at Low Temperatures

Birmingham researchers’ novel way of producing hydrogen fuel has a lower cost than existing methods.

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Gravity Waves From Super Typhoon Sinlaku

In mid-April 2026, Super Typhoon Sinlaku churned across the North Pacific Ocean and brought heavy rain and flooding to the Mariana Islands. 

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Typhoon Jangmi

From late May into early June 2026, a broad, slow-spinning storm churned north-northwest over the Philippine Sea toward southern Japan. 

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Rising Seas Could ‘Drown’ Mangroves and Release Carbon

Mangroves could store less carbon – and even begin releasing it – as sea levels rise, new research suggests.

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A Plan to Preserve Wetlands Without Stopping Development

Balancing economic growth and environmental protection is not easy.

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Nearly Half of Every T-Shirt Goes to Waste Before you Even Buy it

“When we talk about textile waste, the debate often focuses on the clothes we throw away.

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