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Summer Storms Are Stronger and More Frequent Over Urban Areas

Heavy and localized rainfall over urban areas could lead to increased flooding in cities.

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Weather-Making Fire Burns in Southern California

Puffy, white convective clouds popped up in the hills around Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego throughout the afternoon of September 9, 2024. 

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Deserts’ Biggest Threat? Flooding.

A new study from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering researchers, along with researchers from the Institute de Physique du Globe de Paris at the University of Paris Cité, has found that the increase in soil erosion in coastal areas due to desertification is worsening flood impacts on Middle Eastern and North African port cities.

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AI Boosts Indoor Food Production’s Energy Sustainability

Integrating artificial intelligence into today’s environmental control systems could reduce energy consumption for indoor agriculture by 25% – potentially helping to feed the world as its population rises, Cornell engineers have found.

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Innovative Research Unveils News Path to Ethanol Production from CO2

In a cutting-edge study published in the prestigious journal "Energy & Environmental Science", researchers from the Interface Science Department at the Fritz Haber Institute have introduced a novel method for converting the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) into ethanol, a sustainable fuel. 

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It's Not Just Hot Air: Improved Air Quality Model Aids Forecasters in the Field

Imagine you’re a NOAA weather forecaster in the field during a raging, rapidly-spreading wildfire.

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Growing Key Biomethane Crop on Peat Emits 3 Times More CO2 Than Using Natural Gas

There has been a rapid expansion in growing crops such as maize to produce biomethane as a cleaner alternative to fossil fuels, to help reach Net Zero.

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Thanks to Humans, Salish Sea Waters are too Noisy for Resident Orcas to Hunt Successfully

The Salish Sea — the inland coastal waters of Washington and British Columbia — is home to two unique populations of fish-eating orcas, the northern resident and the southern resident orcas.

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Alaska’s Iconic Columbia Glacier Still Retreats

The Columbia Glacier in southern Alaska has long been an archetype of the world’s most rapidly changing glaciers.

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Sharks are Abandoning Stressed Coral Reefs in Warming Oceans

Grey reef sharks are having to abandon the coral reefs they call home in the face of warming oceans, new research finds.

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