Much of our modern technology relies on the use of rare earth elements (REEs), and a key to finding more of them is to understand the processes that concentrate them in the Earth’s crust.
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Researchers Use Satellite Data to Calculate Snow Depth in Mountain Ranges
Bioscience engineers at KU Leuven have developed a method to measure the snow depth in all mountain ranges in the Northern Hemisphere using satellites.
Children Exposed to Five Times More Air Pollution on School Run
A new King's report has found that London children travelling to primary schools across the capital are five times more exposed to air pollution than at any other time of the day.
Lead Isotopes Provide New Tool for Tracking Coal Ash in Dust, Soil and Sediments
Inhaling dust that contains fly ash particles from coal combustion has been linked to lung and heart disease, cancer, nervous system disorders and other ill effects.
Restoring Earth’s Natural Defenders
Mangroves are crucial to the livelihoods and food security of local communities for the timber and other products that they provide, and the fisheries that they sustain.
Higher Air Pollution Days Trigger Cardiac Arrests and Hospitalisations
New data reveals extent of health issues affecting UK people due to high air pollution.