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Evidence that mercury from volcanoes contributed to end-Triassic mass extinction
An international team of researchers has found evidence that mercury from volcanic eruptions played a role…
Environmental stress is already causing death: This chaos map shows where
Over 12 days at the start of October 2019 eight people were killed, more than 1,300…
Investment in child care yields countless social and economic returns
Children are born with a desire to learn about the world around them. Infants learn and…
Beyond Jupiter, researchers discover a 'cradle of comets'
Comets are known to have a temper. As they swoop in from the outer edges of…
Multifrequency observations shed more light on the nature of radio galaxy MRC 2011-298
Using Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (JVLA), astronomers have performed multifrequency radio observations of the…
Don't blame the teacher: Student results are (mostly) out of their hands
Teachers have very little to do with why some kids are better at school than others,…
Why a rocky planet with three suns has astronomers' attention
Planets that are even a little like Earth are hard to find. That’s why when astronomers…
Recommendations for creating a Department of Sustainability and Climate Change in NYC
In our second semester as graduate students in the Environmental Science and Policy program, we had…
Migrant strawberry pickers in Greece face deadly conditions
Each growing season, from October to May, as many as 12,000 undocumented Bangladeshi migrant men work…