EPFL researchers developed a rating system to evaluate the plausibility of climate model simulations in the IPCC’s latest report, and show that models that lead to potentially catastrophic warming are to be taken seriously.
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UCR Scientists Cut Harmful Pollution From Hydrogen Engines
Hydrogen-burning internal combustion engines offer great promise in the fight against climate change because they are powerful without emitting any earth-warming carbon.
Airborne Plastic Chemical Levels Shock Researchers
Plasticizers are chemical compounds that make materials more flexible.
Radon, Even at Levels Below EPA Guideline for Mitigation, is Linked to Childhood Leukemia
A study of more than 700 counties across multiple U.S. states found a link between childhood leukemia and levels of decaying radon gas, including those lower than the federal guideline for mitigation.
In Europe, Forest Shrubs Are Migrating Toward Pollution
While warming is pushing some European vegetation north, toward cooler weather, a new study finds that for many forest plants, there is a much greater pull westward.
Efforts to Build Wildfire Resilience are Heating Up
As wildfires raged across the Western U.S. this summer, members of Scott Fendorf’s research group drove ahead of the flames in Oregon and Idaho with portable pumps to sample particles in the air for analysis.