McGill University researchers are leading an international team whose goal is to create a framework to help governments in the U.S. and around the world assess and prioritize remediation strategies for orphaned oil and gas wells.
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What Controls the Pathways of the Labrador Current?
Changes to the flow of the Labrador Current along the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador to Nova Scotia are leading to sudden warmings or drops in the oxygen levels of the waters in several regions including the St. Lawrence Gulf and Estuary.
A Baking Soda Solution for Clean Hydrogen Storage
In a world of continuously warmer temperatures, a growing consensus demands that energy sources have zero, or next-to-zero, carbon emissions. That means growing beyond coal, oil, and natural gas by getting more energy from renewable sources.
Study Reveals Links between Climate Change, Atmospheric Patterns and China's Frigid Winters
A new study finds that human-caused climate change and large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns have contributed to an increase in extreme cold winter weather in China.
Researchers Unearth the Mysteries of How Turkey’s East Anatolian Fault Formed
An international team led by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has, for the first time, accurately determined the age and formation process of the East Anatolian fault, which runs from eastern to south-central Turkey and was involved in the creation of the Anatolian tectonic plate.
New Real-Time Guidable-Tip Wire for Surgically Treating Strokes
Our brains contain an intricate network of arteries that carry blood throughout the organ along winding paths.