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Researchers Find How Tiny Plastics Slip Through the Environment
Washington State University researchers have shown the fundamental mechanisms that allow tiny pieces of plastic bags and foam packaging at the nanoscale to move through the environment.
As the Climate Warms, Could the U.S. Face Another Dust Bowl?
Growing up in rural Iowa in the 1990s, Isaac Larsen remembers a unique herald of springtime.
NTU Singapore Study of Ancient Corals in Indonesia Reveals Slowest Earthquake Ever Recorded
A 'slow-motion' earthquake lasting 32 years -- the slowest ever recorded -- eventually led to the catastrophic 1861 Sumatra earthquake, researchers at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found.
How Smartphones Can Help Detect Ecological Change
Mobile apps like Flora Incognita that allow automated identification of wild plants cannot only identify plant species, but also uncover large-scale ecological patterns.
Natural Climate Change Solutions Highly Effective Long Term - Oxford Research
Nature-based solutions (NbS) can contribute to the fight against climate change up to the end of our century, according to new Oxford research in the leading scientific journal Nature.