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Can Climate Change Accelerate Transmission of Malaria? Pioneering Research Sheds Light on Impacts of Temperature

Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite that spreads from bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. 

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Managing Meandering Waterways in a Changing World

Just as water moves through a river, rivers themselves move across the landscape. 

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Scientists Are Trying to Coax the Ocean to Absorb More CO2

Last May in Grundartangi, a small port in western Iceland, a barge piled high with wood chips began making regular trips to a patch of ocean 190 miles from the coast.

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Climate Change Intensified 2021 Pacific Northwest Heat Wave, Study Finds

Climate change made the disastrous 2021 heat wave in the Pacific Northwest larger and longer-lasting than it would have been otherwise, a new study finds.

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New Circuit Boards Can be Repeatedly Recycled

A recent United Nations report found that the world generated 137 billion pounds of electronic waste in 2022, an 82% increase from 2010.

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Estimating Emissions Potential of Decommissioned Gas Wells From Shale Samples

Extracting natural gas from shale formations can provide an abundant, lower-carbon footprint fossil fuel, but also creates concerns over increased methane emissions.

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Climate Change Could Become the Main Driver of Biodiversity Decline by Mid-Century

Global biodiversity has declined between 2% and 11% during the 20th century due to land-use change alone, according to a large multi-model study published in Science.

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How Much Energy Can Offshore Wind Farms in the US Produce? New Study Sheds Light

As summer approaches, electricity demand surges in the U.S., as homes and businesses crank up the air conditioning.

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Emperor Penguin Colonies in Antarctica Suffer as Sea-Ice Diminishes

Record low levels of Antarctic sea-ice in late 2023 resulted in breeding failures in a fifth of the continent’s emperor penguin colonies, according to a new study from British Antarctic Survey (BAS).

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