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Environment

Retreating Ice Has Revealed a New Island in Alaska

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Planet Earth

Ancient Wildfires Shaped Antarctica and the Atacama Desert into the Most Extreme Places on Earth

Lake Mead water levels

Megadrought Reveals Volcanic Ash at Lake Mead, Giving Us a Better Look at the Lake's Past

Dairy digester

Dairy Farm Captures and Cleans Over 80 Percent of Methane Emissions

Glowing fireflies at night

Are We Really the Last Generation to Enjoy Twinkling Fireflies in the Summer?

Wind turbine efficiency

The Sciences

100-Year-Old Math Problem Broken, Helping to Improve Wind Turbine Efficiency 

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Health

Arsenic Levels May be Rising in Rice Because of Increased CO2 and Surface Temperatures 

Fast Motion

All Major U.S. Cities Are at Risk of Sinking, Not Just Coastal Urban Areas

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Technology

Lasers Could Help Detect Nano- and Microplastics in Bodily Fluids

Bubbles in liquid dark oxygen

In the Deep Ocean, Dark Oxygen May Mysteriously Emanate from the Bottom

Caspian-Seal

Why the Caspian Sea Is Shrinking and What That Means for Those Who Call it Home

Wildfire smoke near houses

Wildfire Smoke Harms Not Just Lungs, But Impacts Mental Health, Too 

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冰川退缩在阿拉斯加发现了一座新岛屿

古代野火将南极洲和阿塔卡马沙漠塑造成地球上最极端的地区

大干旱揭示米德湖火山灰，让我们更好地了解湖泊的过去

奶牛场捕获并净化超过80%的甲烷排放

我们真的是最后一批能在夏天欣赏闪烁萤火虫的人吗？

百年数学难题被破解，有助于提高风力涡轮机效率

由于二氧化碳和地表温度升高，大米中的砷含量可能正在上升

美国所有主要城市都面临下沉风险，不仅仅是沿海城市

激光可帮助检测体液中的纳米和微塑料

深海中的“暗氧”可能神秘地从海底散发

为什么里海正在萎缩，这对以它为家的人意味着什么

野火烟雾不仅损害肺部，还会影响心理健康

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