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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.

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.

Proverbial Wolf Can’t Blow Down Modern Timber High-Rises, Says UBCO Researchers

With an increasing demand for a more sustainable alternative for high-rise construction, new research from UBC Okanagan, in collaboration with Western University and FPInnovations, points to timber as a sustainable and effective way to make tall, high-density, and renewable buildings.

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.

Red Sea Turtle Hatchlings Are Feeling the Heat

Analyses by KAUST researchers of sand temperatures at marine turtle nesting sites around the Red Sea indicate that turtle hatchlings born in the region could now be predominantly female.