Microplastic pollution is a significant environmental problem that harms animals and people and affects ecosystems worldwide.
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Extreme Heat Impacts Daily Routines and Travel Patterns, Study Finds
New research highlights inequities in heat adaptation calling for policy changes to address growing heat challenges.
‘Weekend Warrior’ Physical Activity May Help Protect Against More Than 200 Diseases
Busy with work and other obligations, some people concentrate their moderate-to-vigorous exercise in one or two days of the week or weekend.
Deep Underground Flooding Beneath Arima Hot Springs: A Potential Trigger for the 1995 Kobe (Hyogo-Ken Nanbu) Earthquake
Researchers at University of Tsukuba showed that the 1995 Kobe (Hyogo-ken Nanbu) earthquake, which struck southern Hyogo Prefecture, may have been triggered by deep underground flooding beneath Arima Hot Springs.
An Uncommonly Strong Atmospheric River
A powerful atmospheric river swept through the Gulf of Alaska in September 2024, bringing abundant rain to coastal British Columbia, Canada, and southeastern Alaska.
A River Is Pushing up Mount Everest’s Peak
Mount Everest is about 15 to 50 metres taller than it would otherwise be because of uplift caused by a nearby eroding river gorge, and continues to grow because of it, finds a new study by UCL researchers.