The human cost of the climate crisis will hit harder, wider, and sooner than previously believed, according to a study that shows a billion people will either be displaced or forced to endure insufferable heat for every additional 1 degree Celsius rise in the global temperature.
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Mussel Reefs Heighten The Risk Of Microplastic Exposure And Consumption
Commercially important seafood species are at greater risk of microplastic contamination depending how they clump together in the marine environment, new research suggests.
Market Changes Hurt Texas Milk Producers
Industry experts say they hope the worst of the COIVD-19-related disruptions are behind them.
MIT Engineers Propose A Safer Method For Sharing Ventilators
As more Covid-19 patients experience acute respiratory distress, there has been much debate over the idea of sharing ventilators, which involves splitting air tubes into multiple branches so that two or more patients can be connected to the same machine.
Mount St. Helens, Forty Years Later: How NOAA Monitors Volcanoes From Earth Orbit
Forty years ago today, iconic Mount St. Helens erupted in southwestern Washington state in the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in U.S. history.
How Climate Killed Corals
New CIRES study: Multiple factors joined forces to devastate the Great Barrier Reef in 2016.