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Cutting Confederate Ties, the U.S. Navy Names Ships for a Pioneering Female Oceanographer and a Daring Enslaved Pilot
Marie Tharp was a marine scientist in a man’s world. Robert Smalls was a skilled sailor, but held as a slave. Both are now being honored by the U.S. Navy.
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More Frequent Atmospheric Rivers Are Hindering the Recovery of Arctic Sea Ice
Giant trains of warm, moist air are playing havoc with Arctic sea ice during the season when it should be recovering from summer melting.
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Restoring Land for Livelihoods Can Have Ecological Benefits, Study Suggests
Acoustic recorders detected promising changes in the soundscape after a restoration project in India.
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Explorer of Deep Earth Wins Vetlesen Prize
Using sophisticated equipment, David Kohlstedt has recreated the pressure, temperature and chemical conditions in the Earth’s mantle, which humans cannot observe directly. His findings have laid the basis for understanding many of the processes that drive the planet’s dynamics.
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2022 Tied for Fifth Warmest Year
Last year saw a continuation of the long-term rise in the planet’s average temperature.
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New York City’s Greenery Absorbs a Surprising Amount of Its Carbon Emissions
A hyper-local study of vegetation shows that the city’s trees and grass often cancel out all the CO2 released from cars, trucks and buses on summer days.
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A Study Offers New Insights Into the Record 2021 Western North America Heat Wave
Several weeks during summer 2021 saw heat records in the western United States and Canada broken not just by increments, but by tens of degrees, an event of unprecedented extremity. To what degree was it climate change, bad luck, or a combination?
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Building Green Energy Facilities May Produce Substantial Carbon Emissions, Says Study
Moving from fossil fuels to solar panels, wind turbines and other renewable energy sources will by itself create a new stream of carbon emissions with the construction so much new infrastructure. The good news: Speeding the transition would greatly reduce this effect.
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New Study Provides First Look at Green Roof Distribution Across NYC
The data reveal that only a tiny fraction of buildings have green roofs, and most are in wealthy areas.
