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    As Earth Warms, Safe Times for Doing Outdoor Labor Will Shrink

    As more and more hours of the day become too hot for outdoor labor in many tropical and subtropical regions, annual economic losses could reach $1.6 trillion annually.
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    New Tests Track Sources of Lead Contamination in Urban Soils and Assess Its Risks

    By distinguishing between lead from modern sources and lead from pre-1970s vehicle exhaust fumes and leaded paint, the new test may be especially useful for assessing the hidden risks of legacy contamination.
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    Emissions Reductions Now Could Yield Dramatic U.S. Health Benefits by 2030

    A new analysis provides state-by-state projections of the health and economic benefits the U.S. will see by 2030 if we begin reducing fossil-fuel emissions now.
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    Lori Bennear and Tim Johnson discussed two bills under consideration in Congress and their potential impact on the reduction of carbon emissions and more.
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    Australian Wildfires Triggered Massive Algal Blooms in Southern Ocean

    Clouds of smoke and ash from wildfires that ravaged Australia in 2019 and 2020 triggered widespread algal blooms in the Southern Ocean thousands of miles downwind to the east, a new 91ÉçÇø¸£Àû-led study by an international team of scientists finds.
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    As Antarctic Sea Ice Shrinks, Microbial Biodiversity and CO2 Absorption Decline

    Warming waters along the Western Antarctic Peninsula have led to declines in the diversity and distribution of the region’s plankton population and its ability to absorb climate-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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    Extinction Risks Remain High for Giant Pandas in Isolated Populations

    Populations of giant pandas in the wild are more fragmented and isolated than they were 30 years ago and many continue to face a high risk of extinction despite recent gains in the species’ overall numbers, a new study by Chinese and American scientists finds.
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    New Report: Cutting Methane Emissions Now Will Yield Major Climate, Health and Economic Benefits

    Reducing emissions of methane, a short-lived but super-potent greenhouse gas, is the most cost-effective way to slow the rate of Earth’s warming in coming decades, a new United Nations report finds.
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    Slow-Growing Microbes Give Southern Peat a Carbon Storage Advantage

    When it comes to storing carbon during prolonged periods of drought and heat, wooded peatlands at low-latitudes have a three- to five-fold advantage over other peatlands. An ancient class of slow-growing fungi is the reason why.
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    Study Yields New Estimates of Marine Primary Production, a Key Cog in the Global Carbon Cycle

    Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence, satellites and field observations, Duke researchers have produced new estimates of how much photosynthesis and primary production – key components in the global carbon cycle – are occurring in Earth’s oceans, and how these processes may be changing in response to a changing climate.
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    Climate Impacts Drive East-West Divide in Forest Seed Production

    New research reveals western North American forests may be less able than eastern forests to regenerate following large-scale diebacks linked to climate change. Over time, this could dramatically alter the continent’s landscape.
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    Mine Ponds Amplify Mercury Risks in Peru’s Amazon

    The proliferation of pits and ponds created in recent years by miners digging for small deposits of alluvial gold in Peru’s Amazon has dramatically altered the landscape and increased the risk of mercury exposure for indigenous communities and wildlife, a new study shows.
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    High Plains Grain Production Dropping as Groundwater Disappears

    Groundwater depletion in parts of the High Plains is so extreme that peak grain production in some states has ended and production is now declining, a new 91ÉçÇø¸£Àû-led study by a team of international scientists finds.
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    New Models Show How Species Will be Relocated by Climate Change

    Scientists at 91ÉçÇø¸£Àû are harnessing the power of big data and geospatial analysis to create new ways to track the effects of climate change on species and food webs.
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    Low-Severity Fires Enhance Long-Term Carbon Retention of Peatlands

    High-intensity fires can destroy peat bogs and cause them to emit huge amounts of their stored carbon into the atmosphere as greenhouse gases, but a new 91ÉçÇø¸£Àû study finds low-severity fires spark the opposite outcome.

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