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A new study from McGill University finds higher incidence of lung cancer and brain tumors in people exposed to wildfires.

According to estimates, by 2040 the level of plastic pollution could reach 80 million metric tons per year.

Scientists investigating the underside of the world’s largest ice sheet in East Antarctica have discovered a city-size lake whose sediments might contain a history of the ice sheet since its earliest beginnings.

The world’s ocean is steadily losing its year-to-year memory due to global warming, according to a study published in Science Advances co-authored by a University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa atmospheric scientist. 

A new survey of flying insects in Britain found their numbers have dropped nearly 60 percent since 2004, a “terrifying” decline given the vital role that insects play in pollinating crops, consuming organic waste, and killing pests, advocates say.

NOAA scientists and collaborators have found rare deep-sea sponge mounds between two of California’s most explored marine protected areas

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder helps researchers predict weather, analyze air pollution, monitor volcanoes, and track a changing climate. And there’s more.

In the midst of a megadrought, scientists are working to improve snowpack measurements used to forecast water supplies.

At the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, 10 of the world’s largest commodity traders published a ‘shared commitment’ to halting forest loss

By early May 2022, nearly a quarter million acres had burned in New Mexico, almost double the annual total of 2021.