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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 39, September 2026. SignificanceIndependent environmental monitoring can lower pollution when governments withhold domestic air quality data. For over a decade, US embassies and consulates publicly reported real-time air quality worldwide, until the program’s suspension in ...
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ACCELERATING Himalayan glacier melt is pushing the region towards “peak water” by mid-century, threatening water supplies and increasing the risk of landslides and glacial lake floods in valleys home…
For most sighted people, a conversation involves more than words. A smile can signal happiness, a frown may suggest displeasure, while a change in facial expression can alter the meaning of what is…
CORE 2.0 Report The CORE 2.0 Report, which stands for Challenges and Opportunities for Research in ESI (Earth Surface and Interior), is a compiled every ten years by subject matter experts across the…
A guest post by Serge Leroueil and Luciano Picarelli A new book, Understanding Landslides Through Case Studies by Serge Leroueil and Luciano Picarelli seeks to report and summarise contemporary knowledge on slope movements and mechanisms. As is well-known on this Blog, landslides are a major natural hazard in many countries of the world.
The Dark Ages implies television and phones are the main cause of cognitive decline. This fails to explain the patterns in PISA scores. Why did England and Scotland fall so precipitously from 2000 to 2005 whilst America improved? Why did England and Estonia hold steady after 2015 whilst most other OECD countries declined?
