Plastic pollution is costing the world $1.5 trillion a year in health-related losses
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The administration’s cuts to climate research are destroying decades of science—and life-saving forecasts
The post They Came for Climate Science. Then the Storms Came. appeared first on Nautilus.
Some of us might be innate biodiversity detectors
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A dying glacier harbors mysterious species and ecosystems yet to be understood
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Weather is what humans experience over our short lives. Climate is a matter for the gods.
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Researchers may have elucidated the long-mysterious chain of events that gives us bolts from the heavens
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Water shortages are contributing to the largest displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank since 1967.
The post USAID Cuts Help Push West Bank Into Extreme Water Shortages appeared first on The Intercept.
You wouldn’t believe some of the stupidity that I don’t let thru into comments. (Well, perhaps you would.) A recent bit suggested that I shouldn’t object to Gaza genocide because after all, I think human population should be lower, and this is lowering it! After a bout of derisive laughter, I thought about it a […]
Coral decimating crown-of-thorns starfish are increasingly descending on reefs in the Pacific—so divers are fighting back
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Even small increases in heat can make teamwork harder—especially when groups are mixed.
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