Mounting waste from computers and electronic devices is the focus of a multi-faceted attack on environmental degradation being led by Flinders University and its commercial partner as part of two major new federally funded research projects.
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New Gene to Make Plants Heat-Tolerant in Rising Temperatures
With temperatures rising globally, agricultural crops are feeling the stress.
Common Environmental Pollutants Damage Mucus Structure, Function
Major disruptions to our health and quality of life are front of mind in an era when wildfires, floods, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic impact Earth’s population daily.
How Wildfire Restored a Yosemite Watershed
For nearly half a century, lightning-sparked blazes in Yosemite’s Illilouette Creek Basin have rippled across the landscape — closely monitored, but largely unchecked.
Insidious Coral Killer Invading Palmyra Atoll Reef
The reefs at Palmyra Atoll, a small outlying atoll in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, have been undergoing a shift from stony corals to systems dominated by corallimorphs, marine invertebrates that share traits with both anemones and hard corals.
Stanford Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence to Unlock Extreme Weather Mysteries
From lake-draining drought in California to bridge-breaking floods in China, extreme weather is wreaking havoc.


