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Because infected people begin excreting virus days before developing symptoms, wastewater monitoring can provide an early warning of infection in the community.

Some plants and patches of Earth withstand heat and dry spells better than others. A new Stanford University study shows those different coping mechanisms are closely linked to wildfire burn areas, posing increasing risks in an era of climate change.

With the federal government planning to hold the largest sale of offshore wind farm leases in the nation’s history, a new Cornell study could help inform the development of offshore wind farms by providing detailed models characterizing the frequency, intensity and height of low-level regions of fast-moving winds over the U.S.

When we think of climate change, we often imagine how a warmer world will impact species, but a new study highlights the importance of changes in precipitation.

In a new University of Houston study using an advanced remote imaging system known as synthetic aperture radar interferometry, three glaciers at the South Pole are being documented with levels of clarity and completeness never seen before.