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Microplastics can be found everywhere — from the air to the ocean — but there's still much to learn about the sources and how they move through the landscape.

Red snow is a unique phenomenon caused by blooms of red algae that live on the surface of snow. 

Winters are warming faster than summers in North America, impacting everything from ecosystems to the economy. 

Melting and sublimation on Mount Everest’s highest glacier due to human-induced climate change have reached the point that several decades of accumulation are being lost annually now that ice has been exposed, according to a University of Maine-led international research team that analyzed data from the world’s highest ice core and highest automatic weather stations. 

Cities that adopt roadside emissions sensors to detect high polluting vehicles, together with an enforcement program to inspect and repair these vehicles, could significantly improve urban air quality, new research shows.