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To Prevent Next Pandemic, Scientists Say We Must Regulate Air Like Food and Water

Humans in the 21st century spend most of their time indoors, but the air we breathe inside buildings is not regulated to the same degree as the food we eat and the water we drink.

Managing Peatlands to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Substantial cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions could be achieved by raising water levels in agricultural peatlands, according to a new study.

Mechanism Deciphered: How Organic Acids Are Formed in the Atmosphere

The acidity of the atmosphere is increasingly determined by carbon dioxide and organic acids such as formic acid.

Discovery of Methanol in a 'Warm' Planet-Forming Disk

Astronomers have identified the molecule methanol in the ‘warm zones’ of a protoplanetary disk circling a star about 360 light years from Earth.

Victoria's Water Catchments May Not Recover From Drought: Study

One-third of the water catchments included in a Victorian study had not recovered from a severe drought nearly eight years later, Australian-first research from Monash University shows.