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How Dust Affects the World’s Health

Doctors and public health experts agree that breathing fine particulate matter (PM2.5) can be harmful to human health.

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If You Build It, They Will Come: Study Supports Marsh Creation as a Tool to Restore Coastal Louisiana

Louisiana’s newly released draft of the state’s 2023 Coastal Master Plan proposes to spend $16 billion on the construction of new tidal marshes as a key strategy to combat coastal land loss.

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Framework Helps Local Planners Prepare for Climate Pressures on Food, Energy & Water Systems

As the world faces increasingly extreme and frequent weather events brought on by climate change – such as droughts, floods, heatwaves, and wildfires – critical civic resources such as food, water, and energy will be impacted.

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Six Waterloo Researchers Lend Their Expertise to the UN IPCC Climate Report

After a six-year process, the leading world body for the assessment of climate change, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has released their final Synthesis Report that summarizes what we know about climate change and how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 

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NASA and Italian Space Agency Join Forces on Air Pollution Mission

The two agencies are partnering on a satellite to understand the effects of different types of particle pollution on human health.

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Climate Change Threatens Global Fisheries

The diet quality of fish across large parts of the world’s oceans could decline by up to 10 per cent as climate change impacts an integral part of marine food chains, a major study has found.

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2022 Heatwave Struck off Surgery in Fifth of UK Hospitals

The 2022 summer heatwave resulted in a fifth of UK hospitals being forced to cancel operations during the three days when temperatures soared, a new study reveals.

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New Wood-Based Technology Removes 80 Percent of Dye Pollutants in Wastewater

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed a new method that can easily purify contaminated water using a cellulose-based material.

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Stanford Study Finds Wastewater Disposal From Oil Production Triggered Major Earthquake in Canada

A new study by Stanford University researchers has found that one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in Alberta, Canada, was likely caused by oil and gas activity.

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Habitat Will Dictate Whether Ground Beetles Win or Lose Against Climate Change

The success of North American crops from corn to Christmas trees partly depends on a relatively invisible component of the food web — ground beetles. Nearly 2,000 species of ground beetle live in North America. 

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