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Plastic Is Creating an Environmental Justice Crisis
There’s growing awareness that plastics are an environmental disaster for marine and terrestrial ecosystems alike. A new United Nations report published Tuesday shows they’re also a huge problem for human beings — and that they don’t affect us all equally.
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Earth Scientists Are Fighting to Push Racist Place Names Off the Map
Four graduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have called for scientists to help support efforts to remove racism from the hundreds of federal place names across the U.S.
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The U.S. Is One Step Closer to Establishing a Research Program to Block the Sun
There are some signs the world may be finally gearing up to tackle the root cause of the climate crisis by reducing carbon emissions. But on Wednesday, a group of scientists detailed how to develop an insurance plan if the world fails to do so.
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Deforestation and Palm Oil Plantations Are Fuelling a Disease Boom, Study Suggests
New research presents evidence that activities such as deforestation, building palm oil plantations, and even converting grassy areas into new forests are associated with outbreaks of disease, particularly those transmitted by mosquitoes and other vector animals.