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Environmental News Network -- Know Your Environment
Thousands of earthquakes affecting Portugal’s São Jorge Island in the Azores in March 2022 were triggered by a vast sheet of magma (molten rock) rising from more than 20km below Earth’s surface and stalling just 1.6km beneath the island, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
There is considerable evidence that microplastics and nanoplastics are present in the livers of humans and wild animal populations on land and in the ocean.
Experiments by MIT engineers show rice seeds sprout faster to the sound of rain.
March brought a series of dangerous and disruptive weather events across Alaska.
Findings of new study – released as fuel prices for motor vehicles soar internationally – include fatality rates dropping, per 10 million trips, by 88% in Paris, 82% in London and 62% in New York City.
Following historic wildfires that have burned nearly one million acres of Nebraska grazing lands this spring, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln has launched a new online hub that integrates science, mapping and field-based documentation in one place.
