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Here's What's Causing the Great Salt Lake to Shrink

The Great Salt Lake, the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere, reached historic low levels in 2022, raising economic, ecological and public health concerns for Utah. 

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Grass Surfaces Drastically Reduce Drone Noise Making the Way for Soundless City Skies

Porous land such as foliage significantly lowers noise made by drones and air taxis which could reduce disturbances for urban communities as Urban Air Mobility (UAM) grows.

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Berkeley Lab Report Evaluates Increase in Electricity Demand from Data Centers

A recent report produced by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), which outlines the energy use of data centers from 2014 to 2028, estimates that data center load growth has tripled over the past decade and is projected to double or triple by 2028.

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New Climate Adaptation Course Fills Knowledge Gap for Urban Planners

Most Canadian urban planners enter the field without learning enough about climate adaptation, according to research by a University of Alberta expert who has developed a new course to help fill the knowledge gap.

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When Snow Melts Early, a Big Fire Season Could Follow

An early exit of Alaska’s spring snow means more acreage could burn during the coming wildfire season, which begins when the snow melts off, says new research from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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Southern States Frozen Over

A winter storm brought below-freezing temperatures and heavy snow to the southeastern United States in January 2025.

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A Green Fuels Breakthrough: Bio-Engineering Bacteria to Become ‘Hydrogen Nanoreactors’

Researchers at the University of Oxford’s Department of Engineering Science have made major advances towards realising green hydrogen – the production of hydrogen by splitting water, powered by renewable energy.

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‘Buzz me in:’ Bees Wearing Itty Bitty QR Codes Reveal Hive Secrets

Several hundred bees in rural Pennsylvania and rural New York are sporting tiny QR codes on their backs.

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Warmer, Greener Arctic Becoming a Source of Heat-Trapping Gas

As the northern latitudes warm, ice is melting and vegetation is growing more abundant.

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Robots Should Be Repurposed Rather Than Recycled to Combat Rising Scale of E-waste, Scientists Warn

The robotics industry should be creating robots that could be reprogrammed and repurposed for other tasks once its life span is completed, University of Bristol and University of West England researchers have advised.

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