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Coasts Drown as Coral Reefs Collapse Under Warming & Acidification
A new study shows the coastal protection coral reefs currently provide will start eroding by the end of the century, as the world continues to warm and the oceans acidify.
Hawaiian Minerals Increasing Lung Infection Rates on the Islands, BYU Study Finds
Hawaii's health mystery: how geology and microbiology may explain high NTM infection rates.
Not Enough Hazelnuts? Our Future Climate Points to Australia for New Cultivations
Over the last decade, growing food industry led demand for hazelnuts has not been satisfied globally with a corresponding expansion in supply.
Is Arctic Warming Behind a Monster Saharan Dust Storm?
A June 2020 event set a record for size of a dust mass sent across the Atlantic.
Flood Risk for Low-Income Housing in U.S. Could Triple by 2050
The study, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, found that this tripling will occur even if nations manage to drastically reduce their emissions, due to heating already locked into the climate system.