In China, people breathe air thick with the lung-damaging pollutant ozone two to six times more often than …
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Low-tech ways of improving soil quality on farms and rangelands worldwide could pull significant amounts of carbon out …
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Health
Air Pollution Reduces Global Life Expectancy by More Than One Year
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAir pollution shortens human lives by more than a year, according to a new study from a team …
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Electrically charged volcanic ash short-circuited the Earth’s atmosphere in 1815, causing global poor weather and Napoleon’s defeat, says …
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Thin ribbons of purple and white light that sometimes appear in the night sky were dubbed a new …
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Seismic noise — the low-level vibrations caused by everything from subway trains to waves crashing on the beach …
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Archaeology
New Research Has Unraveled the History of the Lost Harbor of Pisa
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesNew insights into the evolution and eventual disappearance of Portus Pisanus, the lost harbor of Pisa, have been revealed. Although …
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The release of the Paradise Papers and Panama Papers exposed how multinationals, politicians, and the wealthy use offshore tax havens …
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If the global population adopted the recommended guidelines of North American diets, there wouldn’t be enough land to …
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You probably know Easter Island as “the place with the giant stone heads.” This remote island, 2,300 miles …