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Highest Jeffrey pines ever recorded reflect a warming climate in the high Sierra.

New work by a University of Alaska Fairbanks professor fills some gaps in knowledge about Earth’s resources of lithium, a critical element powering electronics and electric vehicles.

The consequences of wildfires in or near urban areas go beyond the damage to buildings and ecosystems, to the threat of contamination of drinking water according to water quality and treatment experts from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).

Following the unusually dry weather for this time of year, Lucy Barker and Steve Turner, hydrologists at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, provide an overview of the latest situation for water resources across the UK.

A new study led by researchers at Yale University suggests that early-life exposure to two widespread environmental pollutants— small particle air pollution and outdoor artificial light at night—could increase the risk of pediatric thyroid cancer.