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2025 Was Another Exceptionally Hot Year

This year will conclude as the second hottest on record, surpassed only by 2024.

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UAF Talk Explores New Greenhouse Tech for Winter Crops

A University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher will share her work on applying new technologies in greenhouses to extend the growing season in northern environments.

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WSU Students Design Sustainable Food Hub in Liberia

A unique international collaboration is giving Washington State University landscape architecture students the chance to shape a community-centered agricultural future in Liberia.

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‘Forever Chemicals’ May Triple Risk of Fatty Liver Disease in Adolescents

A study co-led by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has found that exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—commonly known as “forever chemicals”—may significantly increase the risk of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) in adolescents.

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After Devastating Wildfires, Watersheds Surprisingly Thick With Fish and Amphibians

In the aftermath of historically severe wildfires in 2020, a study of Cascade Range watersheds found that stream vertebrates are doing surprising well, highlighted by flourishing fish populations.

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Global Aviation Emissions Could be Halved Through Maximising Efficiency Gains, New Study Shows

A new study co-led by the University of Oxford has found that global aviation emissions could be reduced by 50-75% through combining three strategies to boost efficiency: flying only the most fuel-efficient aircraft, switching to all-economy layouts, and increasing passenger loads. Crucially, the study shows that around a 11% reduction in global aviation emissions is achievable immediately, by using the most efficient aircraft that airlines already have more strategically on routes they already fly.

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Earliest, Hottest Galaxy Cluster Gas on Record Could Change our Cosmological Models

An international team of astronomers led by Canadian researchers has found something the universe wasn’t supposed to have: a galaxy cluster blazing with hot gas just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang, far earlier and hotter than theory predicts.

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Fires Could Emit More Air Pollution Than Previously Estimated

As fires burn the landscape, they spew airborne gases and particles, though their impact on air pollution might be underestimated. 

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Melting Glaciers Top the List

Climate change, trust in science and health were among the most popular topics covered by UZH media releases and articles in 2025. 

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Drone Monitoring Helps Dolphins

Australia’s beloved dolphin populations face growing pressures from environmental changes and human activity, increasing the need for reliable, accessible and non-invasive tools to monitor their health and support conservation and management.

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