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How Environmentally Responsible is Lithium Brine Mining? It Depends on How Old the Water Is
A groundbreaking new study recently published in the journal Earth’s Future and led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in collaboration with the University of Alaska Anchorage, is the first to comprehensively account for the hydrological impact of lithium mining.
Long-Term Monitoring Highlights Continued Recovery of Roanoke River Fish and Mussel Populations
Eighteen years after restoring flow to an important section of the Roanoke River, populations of key species are growing.
Soil Quality Critical to Help Some U.S. Crops Weather Heat Stress from Climate Change
The capacity of soil to hold water will be critical to determine how well farms in some regions of the United States manage the problem of prolonged heat stress due to climate change, a new study suggests.
Great Air Quality for the Great Lakes Region
Air quality planning agencies in the U.S. Great Lakes region now include high-resolution NASA satellite data and near real-time Earth observations in their ozone pollution assessments.
June 2022: U.S. Dominated by Remarkable Heat, Dryness
Nation struck with 9 separate billion-dollar disasters so far this year
