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Environment
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Shipping rule cleans the air but dirties the water
Growing use of ship exhaust scrubbers has increased marine discharge of compounds -
Does ocean acidification alter fish behavior? Fraud allegations create a sea of doubt
Whistleblowers cite eyewitness reports, data anomalies, and outsize effects in studies, but researchers deny wrongdoing -
After revival, Iran’s great salt lake faces new peril
Upcoming presidential election could stall efforts to restore Lake Urmia -
‘Superagency’ may further politicize Indonesian research
New National Research and Innovation Agency will have broad powers to fund, execute, and control science -
Rerouting the Mississippi River could build new land—and save a retreating coast
Researchers near realizing restoration project 50 years in the making -
Planned service road near Mount St. Helens threatens prized research area
“There would be no point in studying there anymore,” one ecologist says -
California to hunt greenhouse gas leaks and superemitters with monitoring satellites
Carbon Mapper’s advanced sensors will track fugitive methane and measure forest health -
Japan plans to release Fukushima’s wastewater into the ocean
Government says treatment and dilution will minimize risk to marine life and the environment -
After more than 2 decades of searching, scientists finger cause of mass eagle deaths
A new species of cyanobacteria that lives on invasive waterweed produces an unusual neurotoxin -
New generation of carbon dioxide traps could make carbon capture practical
New CO2-grabbing materials and tax credits could cut emissions from fossil fuel plants -
Itching to discover a new species? Follow this map
Researchers predict where unknown land vertebrates are hiding. Many are reptiles and amphibians -
Wildlife trade imperils species, even in protected areas
Study exposes threats, but also major gaps in research -
New funds could help grow Africa’s Great Green Wall. But can the massive forestry effort learn from past mistakes?
Fresh infusion of $14 billion promises to accelerate ambitious greening project -
Trump downplayed the costs of carbon pollution. That’s about to change
Biden administration set to update the “social cost of carbon” used in greenhouse regulations -
Plan to map oil in Alaska’s Arctic refuge ignores environmental risks, critics say
Scientists argue federal environmental studies are flawed
