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Newswise: Researchers develop post-wildfire landslide susceptibility model
Released: 19-Aug-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Researchers develop post-wildfire landslide susceptibility model
Tufts University

Tufts University researcher Farshid Vahedifard and his team have created physics models to predict cascading hazards such as landslides and debris flows that can follow wildfires.

Newswise: Gases from Burning Biomass React within Clouds, Forming Secondary Organic Aerosols
Released: 19-Aug-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Gases from Burning Biomass React within Clouds, Forming Secondary Organic Aerosols
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory - EMSL

A multi-institutional team of researchers developed a stand-alone box model to predict aqueous and cloud chemistry of biomass-burning phenols based on laboratory measurements.

Released: 19-Aug-2024 2:05 PM EDT
JMU researchers: Air pollution increases thunderstorm danger
James Madison University

Air pollution is increasing the severity of summertime thunderstorms, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at James Madison University and published in the journal Atmospheric Research.

Newswise: Energy companies pressure landowners into fracking, study shows
15-Aug-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Energy companies pressure landowners into fracking, study shows
Binghamton University, State University of New York

Energy companies use persistent and personalized pressure to get landowners to give permission for hydraulic fracturing (fracking), and even when landowners decline, companies use legalized compulsion to conduct fracking anyway, according to a new study led by researchers at UNLV and Binghamton University, State University of New York.

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Released: 17-Aug-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Cedars-Sinai Supports Local Nonprofits With $27 Million in Grants
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai has galvanized its commitment to helping historically marginalized communities, allocating $27 million in grants to support programs providing housing stability, food security, accessible care and health equity across the Los Angeles region.

Newswise: Why isn't Colorado's snowpack ending up in the Colorado River? New research suggests the problem might be the lack of spring rainfall
Released: 16-Aug-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Why isn't Colorado's snowpack ending up in the Colorado River? New research suggests the problem might be the lack of spring rainfall
University of Washington

The Colorado River and its tributaries provide water for hydropower, irrigation and drinking water in seven U.S. states and Mexico. But since 2000, water managers have struggled to predict how much water will come from the snowpack. The problem lies with the lack of rainfall in the spring, according to new research from the University of Washington.

Newswise: Green warriors: plants on the frontline against microplastics
Released: 16-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Green warriors: plants on the frontline against microplastics
Chinese Academy of Sciences

In an innovative ecological article, researchers have unveiled the potential of phytoremediation to curb microplastic pollution. This approach leverages natural plant processes to absorb and diminish micro and nanoplastics, offering a viable solution for managing environmental plastic pollution.

Newswise: Transboundary streamflow forecasting enhanced by transfer learning: A watershed moment in hydrology
Released: 16-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Transboundary streamflow forecasting enhanced by transfer learning: A watershed moment in hydrology
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A cutting-edge study is transforming the field of streamflow prediction. By harnessing the power of transfer learning, researchers have developed a model that significantly boosts the precision of daily streamflow forecasts.

Newswise: Scientists Characterize Shale Cap Rocks at Tiny Scales
Released: 15-Aug-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Scientists Characterize Shale Cap Rocks at Tiny Scales
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Shale has complex chemical and physical characteristics that make fluid flow through rock extremely complex and difficult to both measure and model. Researchers are now building new tools to examine, characterize, and simulate shale, especially shale cap rock.

Newswise: Green energy conversations: Leaders pioneering Chicagoland sustainability efforts share their vision with Energy Department under secretary
Released: 15-Aug-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Green energy conversations: Leaders pioneering Chicagoland sustainability efforts share their vision with Energy Department under secretary
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne’s Office of Community Engagement hosted Geri Richmond, the Department of Energy’s under secretary for science and innovation, at three sites on Chicago’s South Side to showcase green energy initiatives featuring Argonne’s involvement.

Released: 15-Aug-2024 9:05 AM EDT
MSU researcher identifies ways to reduce cancer risk among LGBTQIA+ people
Michigan State University

Socioeconomic status, provider-patient relationships and rural living environments have been found to affect cancer screening behaviors for people LBGTQIA+ individuals, according to a recent study from Callie Kluitenberg Harris, a Ph.D. candidate at the Michigan State University College of Nursing.

Released: 14-Aug-2024 3:05 PM EDT
An overlooked side-effect of the housing crisis may be putting Californians at increased risk from climate disasters
University of California, Santa Cruz

In a new article for the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, UC Santa Cruz researchers laid out the foundation for their highly-anticipated upcoming study of how lack of affordable housing in urban areas of California may be driving increased development in and near wildlands, leading to more severe climate change impacts.

Released: 14-Aug-2024 2:30 PM EDT
Too Hot to Handle? SLU Researchers Examine How Temperature Affects Treehoppers
Saint Louis University

Kasey Fowler-Finn, Ph.D., an associate professor of biology at Saint Louis University, and Noah Leith, a recent Ph.D. graduate from Saint Louis University, published a paper in Functional Ecology that examined the thermoregulatory tendencies in plant-living insects. They determined that, while this thermoregulation improved survival in the species, it did not increase reproduction, pointing to a long-term concern for the insect.

Newswise: Wildfires in the U.S. and Canada Remind Us That Health Impacts Defy Borders
Released: 14-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Wildfires in the U.S. and Canada Remind Us That Health Impacts Defy Borders
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

Wildfire season is upon us and again communities in some parts of the U.S. and Canada are battling devastating fires that threaten the health of everyone, especially individuals with lung disease. According to the National Interagency fire Center, as of this morning, 75 large wildfires are being managed nationwide.

Released: 14-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Texas Tech University Joins U.S. DOE’s $44 Million Carbon Storage Project
Texas Tech University

This partnership will help leverage decades of experience to establish an equitable and environmentally responsible technical assistance program.

Newswise: Newly discovered ability of comammox bacteria could help reduce nitrous oxide emissions in agriculture
14-Aug-2024 6:00 AM EDT
Newly discovered ability of comammox bacteria could help reduce nitrous oxide emissions in agriculture
University of Vienna

An international research team led by the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (CeMESS) at the University of Vienna has discovered that comammox bacteria, first identified by them in 2015, can grow using guanidine, a nitrogen-rich organic compound, as their sole energy and nitrogen source.

Newswise: Research collaboration to explore the impact of cover crops on soil health and corn production to improve agriculture sustainability
14-Aug-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Research collaboration to explore the impact of cover crops on soil health and corn production to improve agriculture sustainability
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Christopher Topp, PhD, Member and Principal Investigator of the Danforth Plant Science Center and his lab members Marcus Griffiths, PhD and Kong Wong, PhD, have teamed up with colleagues at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Kaiyu Guan, PhD, Bin Peng, PhD, and Sheng Wang, PhD, to explore the impact of cover crops on soil health and corn production to improve agriculture sustainability.

Newswise: Business crucial to addressing toxic pollution and protecting human health
Released: 13-Aug-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Business crucial to addressing toxic pollution and protecting human health
University of Notre Dame

Toxic pollution is the single largest cause of death and poor health, killing up to 9 million people each year — about 100 times more than war and terrorism combined.

Newswise: Le Parc National de Bouba Ndjidda au Cameroun est une lueur d'espoir pour le lion en Afrique centrale
Released: 13-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Le Parc National de Bouba Ndjidda au Cameroun est une lueur d'espoir pour le lion en Afrique centrale
Wildlife Conservation Society

Afin d'intensifier les efforts de protection des lions d'Afrique centrale, une équipe d’éco-gardes et de biologistes camerounais du ministère des Forêts et de la Faune (MINFOF) et de la Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) a posé des colliers GPS sur sept des grands félins du parc national de Bouba Ndjidda, ce qui porte à dix le nombre de lions munis d'un collier.

Newswise: Cameroon’s Bouba Ndjidda National Park Is a Beacon of Hope for the Lion in Central Africa
Released: 13-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Cameroon’s Bouba Ndjidda National Park Is a Beacon of Hope for the Lion in Central Africa
Wildlife Conservation Society

Ramping up protection efforts of Endangered Central African lions, a team of Cameroonian rangers and biologists from the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF) and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), has placed GPS collars on seven of the big cats in Cameroon’s Bouba Ndjidda National Park; this brings the number of collared lions to ten.



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