How El Niño and La Niña climate patterns form
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Trade winds usually push warm water across the Pacific westward toward Oceania and Asia, causing cold water to surface along the coastlines of the tropical…
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Silicosis: An explainer and research roundup
…the disease have worked in natural environments — mining, digging tunnels or doing quarry work. The disease was first documented by the Greek physician Hippocrates, who in 430 B.C. described…
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Here are the answers to 15 common questions about fluoride in drinking water
…a federal judge in California ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen the regulations for fluoride in drinking water, siding with advocacy groups that had raised concerns about the effects…
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Bad weather dampens Election Day turnout. Studies suggest mail ballots and other alternative voting methods can help.
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Inclement weather discourages voting on Election Day in the U.S., especially among young adults, people who don’t vote regularly and voters who tend to support…
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Biofuels, energy security, the environment and human health: Research roundup
…policies and to determine the optimal tariff. The results show that because of the environmental benefits of imported ethanol, the adverse effects of domestic ethanol on the environment, the need…
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Science reporting: Covering the environment, technology and medicine
…the main areas of science coverage, including the environment, artificial intelligence, and human interaction with technology. There will be lessons on social media, online writing, news and feature writing, and…
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China’s tourists: Economics, the environment and what they want
…for reporting on the Chinese tourist’s economic impact or environmental footprint – at home and abroad. Environmental anxieties Traditionally, economic growth has had a negative impact on the environment – growth…
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Neighborhood food environment and diet among California youth
…two 2012 studies outlined below challenge that assumption. The first 2012 study, by the RAND Corporation published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, “School and Residential Neighborhood Food Environment…
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Ethanol economics, emissions and the environment: A JR briefing
…the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Notably, the Renewable Fuel Standard requires that the biofuels emit less greenhouse gases than the petroleum-based fuels they replace. But it does not set standards…
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Relationships between streetcars and the built environment
…transportation and its potential development and land-use impacts, the Transit Cooperative Research Program conducted a study in 2010, “Relationships Between Streetcars and the Built Environment: A Synthesis of Transit Practice.”…
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