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Newswise: Researchers Explore How Income, Race and Design Affect Pedestrian Casualties
Released: 6-Sep-2024 8:30 AM EDT
Researchers Explore How Income, Race and Design Affect Pedestrian Casualties
Florida Atlantic University

Researchers examined environmental factors associated with crash incidence in lower-income and more affluent areas in Broward and Palm Beach counties, revealing that the nature of pedestrian crash risk is markedly different in lower income communities than in more affluent ones.

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Newswise: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers examine how drought and water volume affect nutrients in Apalachicola River
Released: 5-Sep-2024 6:05 PM EDT
FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers examine how drought and water volume affect nutrients in Apalachicola River
Florida State University

New research led by FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Assistant Professor Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf examined how drought and water volume in the Lower Apalachicola River watershed affect nitrogen and phosphorous, crucial nutrients for a healthy aquatic ecosystem.

Released: 5-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Pioneering report exposes worsening health threats of climate change in UK
University of Bristol

A new report has revealed for the first time the wide-ranging and increasing health dangers posed by long-term weather extremes in the UK, as the effects of climate change deepen.

Newswise: La WCS et le ministère congolais de l'Économie forestière lancent le projet pilote HIFOR (High Integrity Forest Investment Initiative)
Released: 5-Sep-2024 9:05 AM EDT
La WCS et le ministère congolais de l'Économie forestière lancent le projet pilote HIFOR (High Integrity Forest Investment Initiative)
Wildlife Conservation Society

Pour aider à financer la protection des dernières forêts à haute intégrité, le ministère congolais de l'Économie Forestière et la WCS ont lancé ce 30 août le projet pilote HIFOR dans le Parc National de Nouabalé-Ndoki.

Newswise: Congolese Minister of Forest Economy and WCS Formally Launch Pilot High Integrity Forest Investment Initiative (HIFOR) Project
Released: 5-Sep-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Congolese Minister of Forest Economy and WCS Formally Launch Pilot High Integrity Forest Investment Initiative (HIFOR) Project
Wildlife Conservation Society

To help finance the protection of the world’s remaining high integrity forests, Congo’s Minister of Forest Economy and WCS have launched on August 30 Africa’s first HIFOR project in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park.

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Newswise: Unlocking oceanic mysteries: satellites shed light on aerosol layer height
Released: 5-Sep-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Unlocking oceanic mysteries: satellites shed light on aerosol layer height
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A recent study reveals that NASA's PACE satellite, equipped with the Ocean Color Instrument (OCI), can accurately measure aerosol layer height (ALH) over ocean surfaces. This ability is critical for understanding how aerosols affect weather patterns and climate, enhancing atmospheric correction methods that are essential for satellite-based ocean color monitoring.

Released: 4-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
WashU scientists uncover hidden source of snow melt: dark brown carbon
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are first to quantify the effect of dark brown carbon on snow melt.

30-Aug-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Levels of one ‘forever chemical’ are increasing in groundwater, study finds
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Researchers in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology Letters analyzed water from over 100 wells in Denmark for one particularly persistent PFAS: trifluoroacetate. They report steadily increasing levels of the forever chemical in recent decades.

Released: 3-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Climate Week at Columbia Engineering
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

As part of Climate Week NYC, Columbia Engineering will celebrate a week of events bringing together researchers and experts at the forefront of developing solutions to help the planet and society.

   
Newswise: People eating beef are less likely to live near the industry’s pollution, Pitt researchers found
Released: 3-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
People eating beef are less likely to live near the industry’s pollution, Pitt researchers found
University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh researchers are the first to trace one of those pollutants, nitrogen, along the U.S. beef supply chain at the county level. They found high spatial disconnect between where beef is eaten and where nitrogen’s impacts are felt.

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Released: 3-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Expert: Focus on stressed-out parents warranted, important
Virginia Tech

A recent surgeon general’s advisory outlining an urgent need to support increasingly stressed-out parents highlights an important and growing issue, says a Virginia Tech expert. Rosanna Breaux, a psychologist at Virginia Tech who directs the Child Study Center, said how well parents manage their emotions is crucial for their own parenting experience and for the health of both themselves and their children.

Newswise: Synchronous removal of Cr(VI) and antibiotics using a novel photocatalyst
Released: 31-Aug-2024 6:05 AM EDT
Synchronous removal of Cr(VI) and antibiotics using a novel photocatalyst
Chinese Academy of Sciences

In a landmark development for environmental conservation, a pioneering plasmonic photocatalyst has been engineered to synergistically degrade the potent pollutants hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) and norfloxacin from aquatic environments.

   
Released: 30-Aug-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Expert Available: Republican-led States Challenge EPA Methane Regulations
George Washington University

Republican state officials from 24 states have asked the Supreme Court to pause a Biden administration EPA rule passed in December 2023 meant to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas operations... ...

Newswise: Efficient and bright broadband electroluminescence based on environment-friendly metal halide nanoclusters
Released: 30-Aug-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Efficient and bright broadband electroluminescence based on environment-friendly metal halide nanoclusters
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Broadband electroluminescence based on environment-friendly emitters is promising for healthy lighting yet remains an unprecedented challenge to progress.

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Released: 29-Aug-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Addressing Mercury Challenges on the Global Stage
Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI)

BRI’s story began in 1989 with the capture of a loon on a Michigan lake. Back then, it was all about the science, but over time, founder Dave Evers began to understand that knowledge for knowledge’s sake wasn’t enough.

   
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Released: 29-Aug-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Mark Burton – Bridging Expertise with Adventure
Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI)

Tucked around a corner in his office, you’ll often find Mark Burton, with a laser focus on his work. Mark walked through the doors of BRI seven years ago as an intern in the Center for Mercury Studies, working on the Global Biotic Mercury Synthesis database.

   


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