New research from Northern Arizona University shows detailed CO2 emissions for the United States from 2010 to 2022.
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13 years of detailed US CO₂ emissions data released
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Exposing the most dangerous dams in the US
Dams in the United States may be in worse condition than previously understood. More than 16,700 dams across the country are classified as high hazard potential as of 2024, according to the Association of State Dam Safety Officials.
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'Extreme melting' episodes are accelerating ice loss in the Arctic
The Arctic landscape is changing at an unprecedented rate. In addition to rising temperatures, climate change is causing episodes of extreme melting, which occurs when ice losses that previously took weeks or months occur over just a few days.
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Is Earth’s Core Like an Onion?
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Earth has been compared to an onion, with layers of atmosphere, crust, mantle,…
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Scientists Discover How Early Earth Saved Its Water From Total Destruction
Earth’s water may have survived its fiery beginnings by hiding deep within the mantle. Around 4.6 billion years ago, Earth bore little resemblance to the calm blue world we see today. Repeated and powerful impacts from space kept the planet’s…
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Scientists Reveal When the World’s Glaciers Could Disappear
Glaciers worldwide are racing toward extinction, with warming dictating whether thousands survive—or vanish forever. A major new study led by ETH Zurich has, for the first time, estimated how many of the world’s glaciers are likely to survive…
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Five Great Forests That Decide the Fate of Migratory Birds
Every spring, the familiar songs of Wood Thrushes and warblers return to parks and backyards across eastern North America. Their seasonal arrival feels local, yet these birds spend most of their lives much farther south, supported by the lush and…
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A Design Shift That Stabilizes Flexible Electronics
How can the performance of flexible electronics be improved through the unlikeliest changes? This is what a recent study presented at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) 2025 hopes to…
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Tiny Chip Could Scale Quantum Computers
How can a computer chip the size of a human hair enhance the future of quantum computing? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated a…
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Early Earth’s belly held onto its water
Early Earth got much of its water from relentless bombardment by water-rich asteroids and icy comets. Now, scientists say the young planet had a way to hold onto much more of that water than once thought: Rocks deep in Earth’s belly…
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