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First evaluation of the Clean Water Act's effects on coastal waters reveals major successes

Levels of copper, cadmium, lead and other metals in Southern California's coastal waters have plummeted over the past four decades, according to new research…

Warm Ocean Currents Cause Majority of Ice Loss from Antarctica

An international team of scientists used a combination of satellite measurements and models to differentiate between the two known causes of melting ice…

Wind pushes plastics deeper into oceans, driving trash estimates up

After taking samples of water at a depth of 16 feet (5 meters), Proskurowski, a researcher at the University of Washington, discovered that wind was pushing…

Geophysicists employ novel method to identify sources of global sea level rise

Now, a group of geophysicists from the University of Toronto, Harvard and Rutgers Universities have found a way to identify the sea level fingerprint left by a…

Whether the Weather Is Cold or Hot, Rainy or Not, Research Is Ensuring Stormwater Systems Are Designed for the Future

A Kansas State University team is researching how climate change is affecting rainfall and weather patterns throughout Kansas to help with future adaptation…

NASA Research Estimates How Long Titan's Chemical Factory Has Been in Business

However the most important raw ingredient in this chemical factory – methane gas, a molecule made up of one carbon atom joined to four hydrogen atoms – should…

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