For the first time ever, researchers have been able to peek deep into the mantle of the Earth under an ultraslow mid-ocean ridge, where they have been able to observe mantle melting and growth of the Earth’s crust.
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UN University Debuts Online Tool To Help Nations Meet 2030 Goal: Clean Water, Sanitation for All
The self-reported struggle of many countries to design effective plans to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has inspired a new UN University online tool to guide such nations along a 6-step path towards the critical SDG 6: clean water and sanitation for all.
UTSW Researchers Identify New Mechanism to Reduce Inflammation
UT Southwestern researchers have identified two proteins that act as gatekeepers to dampen a potentially life-threatening immune response to chronic infection.
Colonisation in Slow Motion
There is a wide variety of animals living on the Arctic seabed. Attached to rocks, they feed by removing nutrients from the water using filters or tentacles.
Those Midwestern Floods Are Expected to Get Much, Much Worse
The record-setting floods deluging the Midwest are about to get a lot worse.
PSU Study: Low-Income Neighborhoods in East Portland More Vulnerable to Flooding, Extreme Heat
Portland experiences both extreme heat in the summer months and frequent nuisance flooding in the winter and spring, and that's only expected to worsen with climate change.