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First Long-term Air Pollution Monitoring in Togo Reveals Concerning Levels
A new study finds that annual air pollution levels in the city of Lomé are, on average, four to five times greater than recommended by the World Health Organization.
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Solar Energy Explains Fast Yearly Retreat of Southern Ocean Sea Ice
Sea ice in the Southern Ocean retreats each year much faster than it develops. This has puzzled scientists, but the explanation turns out to be simple.
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Continuing the Survey: Watermelon and Winds
Continuing our electromagnetic survey of fresh and saline groundwater, we saw the landscape change from lush watermelon fields to fallow rice fields as the salinity increased towards the sea.
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Barisal and the Eastern Channel
We are continuing our measurements of fresh and saline groundwater in Bangladesh using electromagnetic instruments. We finished our first set of measurements and have now shifted farther east near Barisal where groundwater is fresher.
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Was It a Flash Flood or Not? Categorizing Disaster Types in Historical Records
Researchers develop new methods to assess flash flood risk to support anticipatory humanitarian action.
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Amid War and Disease, World Happiness Report Shows Bright Spot
The pandemic brought not only pain and suffering but also an increase in social support and benevolence.
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Regrown Tropical Forests May Have Short Lifespans, Says New Study
Forest cover in many tropical regions increased in recent decades, but a new study suggests that much of the regenerated area is re-cleared within a few years, which could limit biodiversity and carbon storage benefits.
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Deploying in the Mangrove Forest
We continued our electromagnetic expedition to image fresh and saline groundwater into the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest, the world’s largest. While guards protected us from tigers, it was a wild boar that dug up some of our equipment.
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Ground-truthing With Yohana Tesfamariam Tekeste
Tesfamariam Tekeste helps farmers reduce their vulnerability to climate change. She tells us about her work, as well as some hard truths about why those vulnerabilities exist in the first place.
