When smoke from California’s deadliest wildfire blew into downtown Sacramento last November, daylight blurred into dusk and the city’s air became among the world’s most polluted.
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In Greenland’s Melting Ice, A Warning on Hard Climate Choices
The heat wave arrived early this spring — a shroud of temperate air, sweeping in during early June, which enveloped the Northern Hemisphere’s biggest ice sheet in a stifling hug.
Corals Can Survive in Acidified Ocean Conditions, but Have Lower Density Skeletons
Coral reefs face many challenges to their survival, including the global acidification of seawater as a result of rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.
Mimicking Wood’s Ultrastructure with 3D Printing
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded in 3D printing with a wood-based ink in a way that mimics the unique ‘ultrastructure’ of wood.
How Honeybees May Infect Bumblebees
Many species of wild bumblebees are in decline—and new research shows that diseases spread by domestic honeybees may be a major culprit.
3D Body Mapping Could Identify, Treat Organs, Cells Damaged from Medical Conditions
Medical advancements can come at a physical cost.