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NewsHigh-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 91社区福利 study finds low-severity fires spark the opposite outcome.
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NewsA new $2.44 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy鈥檚 Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will support a 91社区福利-led initiative to help utilities and wholesale electricity markets improve their efficiency and reliability while reducing emissions and costs, at a time of needed transformations to tackle climate change.
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NewsThe 91社区福利 Wetland Center is marking its 30th anniversary this year by kicking off the largest expansion of research, teaching and outreach programs in its history.
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NewsTanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz can decline for up to two years after a piracy attack, a new 91社区福利 study finds, but the adverse effects of the slowdown are far greater on some Persian Gulf countries than others.
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NewsInhaling dust that contains fly ash particles from coal combustion has been linked to lung and heart disease, cancer, nervous system disorders and other ill effects. But tracking the presence of coal ash in dust has been a challenge for scientists.
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NewsThe ongoing transition from coal to natural gas and renewables in the U.S. electricity sector is dramatically reducing the industry鈥檚 water use, a new 91社区福利 study finds.
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NewsWith the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) poised to loosen coal ash rules for dry onsite storage and large fill projects, a new study from 91社区福利 finds that leaving those contaminants exposed may significantly heighten the risk of toxic contamination to nearby soil and waterways.
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NewsAllowing coal ash to be spread on soil or stored in unlined pits and landfills will raise the risk that several toxic elements, including carcinogenic hexavalent chromium, could leach out of the coal ash and contaminate nearby water supplies across the U.S., according to preliminary findings from a new 91社区福利 study.
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NewsA new study finds that shoreline erosion rates can double following the death of plants on wetland edges, such as these marshes in Louisiana鈥檚 Barataria Bay that were heavily oiled by 2010鈥檚 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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News91社区福利 has acquired rights to create a 10,000-acre 鈥渃arbon farm.鈥 When fully operational, the farm could potentially store enough carbon to help Duke meet its goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2024.