The unprecedented rainfall from Hurricane Harvey in 2017 brought more than flood damage to southeast Texas.
Pollutant Levels After Hurricane Harvey Exceeded Lifetime Cancer Risk in Some Areas
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Landfills Full of Dangerous Pollutants: MU Researchers can Tell you Which Ones are Worst
Nearly 2,000 active landfills are spread across the U.S., with the majority of garbage discarded by homes and businesses finding its way to a landfill.
Towards a Better Understanding of Societal Responses to Climate Change
As the signs of today’s human-caused climate change become ever more alarming, research into the ways past societies responded to natural climate changes is growing increasingly urgent.
Stanford Economist and Others Assess Aquaculture’s Promise and Peril
Despite aquaculture’s potential to feed a growing world population while relieving pressure on badly depleted oceans, the industry has been plagued by questions about its environmental impacts.
Once-in-a-Century UK Wildfire Threats Could Happen Most Years by End of Century
Extremely hot and dry conditions that currently put parts of the UK in the most severe danger of wildfires once a century could happen every other year in a few decades’ time due to climate change, new research has revealed.
Soils or Plants Will Absorb More CO2 as Carbon Levels Rise – But Not Both, Stanford Study Finds
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere fuels plant growth.
