Environment
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Bottled Water Can Contain Hundreds of Thousands of Previously Uncounted Tiny Plastic Bits, Study Finds
Using a new technique, scientists have been able to identify extremely minute plastic fragments in bottled water, 10 times more than previously counted.
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It’s Tick Season. Here Are the Latest Findings on Lyme and Babesiosis.
New research offers insights on how the tick-borne diseases spread and interact in infected animals.
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Two Studies Push Upright Ape Origins in Africa Back by 10 Million Years
Analyses of plant remains and other evidence show that the landscapes our ape ancestors evolved in existed much earlier than previously thought.
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Land Subsidence in the Netherlands
At a symposium on land subsidence, I learned about how the Dutch transformed their country so that about a quarter of it is below sea level and how they cope with it.
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Exploring the Sundarbans and Back to Dhaka
Our group of 24 Americans and Bangladeshis continued to explore the Sundarbans mangrove forest, rice farming in embanked low-lying islands, and heritage sites of Bangladesh.
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Across the Ganges to Southwest Bangladesh and the Sundarbans
Our group of 23 American and Bangladeshi students and professors traveled from the Jamuna River to the Ganges and Gorai Rivers, and then down to an island on the edge of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest.
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Taking My Class to Bangladesh
My undergraduate Sustainable Development course is in Bangladesh for a Spring Break trip to see what they have been learning about. We will be touring the country by bus and boat to learn about the environment and people of Bangladesh.
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Towering Wildfire Clouds Are Affecting the Stratosphere, and the Climate
Aircraft collecting data from clouds of smoke have revealed surprising effects of wildfires on the ground.
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Some of the Most Drastic Risks From Climate Change Are Routinely Excluded From Economic Models, Says Study
Economic models are missing huge future risks from climate change, in part because no one knows how to quantify them, says a new study.
