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Environmental News Network -- Know Your Environment
In the Geological Society of America journal Geology, Srisharan Shreedharan, Alexis Ault and Jordan Jensen combine varied disciplinary perspectives to explain why properties of fault rocks and geologic events that occurred more than a billion years ago portend worrisome seismic activity for the Beehive State's population center.
According to UNESCO, plastic waste makes up 80% of all marine pollution, with 8-10 million metric tons of plastic making its way into our oceans each year.
The next great earthquake isn't the only threat to the Pacific Northwest.
One of the pillars of the Brazilian economy and one of the sectors responsible for the highest greenhouse gas emissions, beef production in Brazil, as it is currently practiced, emits more than twice the limit needed to meet international environmental targets.
After examining 22,000 years of rainfall patterns, Rutgers researchers warn that climate conditions may reduce fish stock.
As Europe increases its reliance on solar energy to meet climate and energy security targets, a growing atmospheric phenomenon is complicating the path forward: Saharan dust.
