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Slowly but Surely, U.S. School Buses Are Starting to Electrify
About 20 million students in the United States ride to school each day on the familiar yellow bus.
Unrecognised ‘Ikaite’ – Important Carbon Pump in Cold Seas
Ikaite is a special form of limestone that often forms in very cold seawater, in the polar oceans. A study led by Stockholm University researchers suggests that this highly unknown mineral plays an important role in the ocean's uptake of carbon dioxide.
Bee Antidote to Deadly Pesticides Shows Promise
Scientists may have found an antidote to pesticides that are directly and indirectly killing bees, according to a new paper published Sept. 5 in Nature Sustainability showing promising early results in common eastern bumblebees.
Southern California Blaze Spawns ‘Fire Clouds’
The Line Fire in Southern California is giving rise to massive billowing “fire clouds.”
UMass Amherst Scientists to Explore Role Soil and its Microbes Play in Helping Hemlocks Survive the Woolly Adelgid
A non-native, hemlock-loving invasive species known as the hemlock woolly adelgid is wiping out stands of Eastern hemlock throughout the East Coast of the U.S.