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Combined Short-Term Effects of Air Pollutants Linked to 146,500 Premature Deaths per Year in Europe

Fine particles (PM₂.₅) were associated with around 79,000 preventable deaths, followed by nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), ozone (O₃) and coarser particles (PM₂.₅-₁₀, particles with a diameter between 2.5 and 10 micrometres).

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Protected Area Managers Across Europe are Adapting to Climate Change

New research shows how climate change is reshaping protected area management, though more funding and scientific knowledge are needed to facilitate the process.

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Study Finds Wetter Storms Mean Drier Conditions Over Time

A Dartmouth study shows that annual rainfall in much of the world has consolidated over the past four decades into heavier storms with longer dry periods in between.

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Improving Plastics Recycling From End-of-Life Vehicles

Each year, four to six million cars are scrapped in the EU—resulting in the loss of ressources.

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A Critical Atlantic Ocean Current Shows Two-Decade Slowdown, Study Finds

A major Atlantic Ocean current system that helps regulate Earth’s climate has been slowing for nearly two decades across a wide stretch of ocean, according to new research—potentially reshaping weather patterns across the globe.

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Warmer Waters Bring Great White Sharks to Southern California

Southern California has seen a spike in great white shark sightings amid a spate of unseasonably warm spring weather. 

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Medical AI Moving Faster than Safety Checks

Flinders University experts are warning that artificial intelligence (AI) must be carefully evaluated and governed before it is adopted widely in healthcare, saying rapid advances do not automatically translate into safe use for patients.

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Researchers Show a New, Sustainable, Way to Remove Toxic Chemicals in Water

Sunlight can be used to activate sustainable 2D materials capable of degrading toxic pollution in water.

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UC Irvine Team Identifies Where Renewable Hydrogen Delivers the Greatest Social Benefit

Renewable electrolytic hydrogen produced by using electricity drawn from wind and solar sources delivers its greatest societal value when applied to steelmaking, transoceanic shipping and long-haul heavy-duty trucking, according to University of California, Irvine researchers.

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Climate Change: How Oxygen Deficiency Changes Metabolic Processes in the Ocean

A new study reveals how sulfur compounds are metabolized under oxygen-deficient conditions – and which microorganisms are responsible.

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