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Without Changes, Global Food Systems May Drive World Beyond Climate Targets, Says Study

Production of meat, dairy and rice are the leading sources of food-related emissions.

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Underused Satellite, Radar Data May Improve Thunderstorm Forecasts

Tens of thousands of thunderstorms may rumble around the world each day, but accurately predicting the time and location where they will form remains a grand challenge of computer weather modeling. 

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Life in the Smoke of Underwater Volcanoes

Disconnected from the energy of the sun, the permanently ice-covered Arctic deep sea receives miniscule amounts of organic matter that sustains life.

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Electric Vehicle Batteries Could Get Big Boost With New Polymer Coating

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a conductive polymer coating – called HOS-PFM – that could enable longer lasting, more powerful lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.

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For the Longest Time

For more than a month, Tropical Cyclone Freddy has cast about in the Indian Ocean, bringing powerful winds and downpours to anything in its long and wandering path.

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Study Examines Potential Use of Machine Learning for Sustainable Development of Biomass

Biomass is widely considered a renewable alternative to fossil fuels, and many experts say it can play a critical  role in combating climate change.

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Arctic River Channels Changing Due to Climate Change, Scientists Discover

UBCO researcher tracks the migration pace of large rivers in permafrost regions.

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PSU Study: Everything Was Stronger in That Deadly June 2021 PNW Heatwave

What was different about the deadly, record-breaking heat wave in June 2021 that made it so much more extreme than anything the Pacific Northwest had experienced before?

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To Help Oregon’s Dry Forests, Fire Needs to Be Just the Right Intensity, and Happen More Than Once

Oregon State University research into the ability of a wildfire to improve the health of a forest uncovered a Goldilocks effect – unless a blaze falls in a narrow severity range, neither too hot nor too cold, it isn’t very good at helping forest landscapes return to their historical, more fire-tolerant conditions.

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Study: Smoke Particles From Wildfires Can Erode the Ozone Layer

A wildfire can pump smoke up into the stratosphere, where the particles drift for over a year. A new MIT study has found that while suspended there, these particles can trigger chemical reactions that erode the protective ozone layer shielding the Earth from the sun’s damaging ultraviolet radiation.

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