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Fossil Corals Point to Possibly Steeper Sea Level Rise Under a Warming World

Coastal planners take heed: Newly uncovered evidence from fossil corals found on an island chain in the Indian Ocean suggests that sea levels could rise even more steeply in our warming world than previously thought.

Wet Soils Increase Flooding During Atmospheric River Storms

A new study examined decades of atmospheric river storms across the West Coast to pinpoint the conditions that lead to catastrophic flooding.

UT Arlington Researchers: Microplastics Are Infiltrating Our Drinking Water

Wastewater treatment plants are not effectively removing this tiny pollutant, study shows.

A Third of Forests Lost This Century Will Likely Never Be Restored

Of the forest lost so far this century, roughly a third was destroyed to make room for farms, a new analysis finds.

Research Shows Rivers Release Ancient Carbon Dioxide Into the Atmosphere, Uncovering a Greater Role for Plants and Soil in the Carbon Cycle

A new study has revealed for the first time that ancient carbon, stored in landscapes for thousands of years or more, can find its way back to the atmosphere as CO₂ released from the surfaces of rivers.