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Studying tsunamis with GPS satellites
On 30 July, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula triggered a tsunami that spread across the Pacific Ocean.This post was originally published on this site.
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Criminal psychologists are profiling a different kind of killer—environmental offenders
After years of trying to understand the minds of people who hurt others, I have recently turned my attention as a criminal psychologist from violent crimes to the less well-known world of green crime.This post […]
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Rising seas and sinking cities signal a coastal crisis in China
A team of scientists led by Rutgers researchers has uncovered evidence that modern sea level rise is happening faster than at any time in the past 4,000 years, with China’s coastal cities especially at risk.This […]
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Australia’s rainforests are the first to switch from carbon sink to carbon source, study warns
The trunks and branches of trees in Australia’s tropical rainforests—also known as woody biomass—have become a net source of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, according to a new international study.This post was originally published on […]
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Locking carbon in trees and soils could help ‘stabilize climate for centuries’—if done correctly
A team of researchers, led by Cambridge University, has now formulated a method to assess whether carbon removal portfolios can help limit global warming over centuries. The approach also distinguishes between buying credits to offset […]
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Map highlights US water rights systems, informs governance
A new thematic map depicting primary water rights systems across the U.S. has been developed by a collaborative team from the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute, the National Drought Mitigation Center and the Department […]
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Potential crisis looms with loss of environmental health research
“Baltimore is sinking, and the sea is rising,” Benjamin Zaitchik pronounced on a drizzly, late-summer day in his office at Johns Hopkins University. A professor of Earth and planetary sciences, Zaitchik’s brow furrowed as he […]
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Study highlights the benefits of mangroves for reducing property damage during hurricanes
A new study led by the UC Santa Cruz Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR) and East Carolina University (ECU) has found that mangroves significantly reduced storm surges and property damages during Hurricanes Irma in […]
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Adjusting to warming world has cost Maryland billions, comptroller says
Climate change has already cost Maryland between $10 billion and $20 billion in cleanup efforts following 85 extreme weather events that have hit the state since 1984, Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman said at a symposium. […]
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Reduced car commuting is linked to residential environment, health status and health behaviors
A recently published Finnish study shows that residential environments, health status and health behaviors are associated with reduced car commuting. However, these factors explained only a small proportion of the overall modal shift toward active […]