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[ad_1] Thanh Nguyen has a habit of breaking down barriers. Take languages ​​for example: Nguyen, a third-year graduate student in nuclear science and engineering (NSE), wanted to “connect with other people and cultures” for his work and social life, he says, so he learned Vietnamese. , French, German and Russian, …

[ad_1] ANCHORAGE, Alaska – As the world’s climate warms, pest-borne wildlife diseases will shift north, with animals in the cold far north and high-altitude regions expected to experience the most dramatic increases, warns a study published Friday in the journal. Science. The study projects increase the spread over the next …

[ad_1] ANCHORAGE (Reuters) – As global climate warms, pest-borne wildlife diseases will shift north, with animals in cold far north and high-altitude regions expected to experience the most dramatic increases, a study warns which will be published Friday in the journal Science. The study projects increase the spread over the …

[ad_1] Featured news from Environment One of the strongest reports from the Red Cross has warned that climate change is a far greater threat than the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the environmental and climate scenario we have faced in recent years, according to the report. The most common environmental disasters …

[ad_1] This photo shows an electric car being charged on a London street. Miles Willis | Getty Images News | Getty Images The UK will stop selling new diesel and gasoline (petrol) cars and vans from 2030 under plans announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The move is part of …

[ad_1] Greenland is known as the major contributor to sea level rise. However, a recent report investigates how it could lose more ice to the island’s glaciers than traditionally predicted. According to a report published Tuesday in Nature, Greenland’s three major glaciers are responsible for about 12% of the global …

[ad_1] Ten JCU scientists have been named to an elite group of “highly cited” researchers as part of a worldwide survey on the impact of academic work, twice the number of recognized JCU scientists in last year’s ranking. Citations are recorded when a scientist’s work is referenced by another scientist …

[ad_1] Paris – According to research released on Tuesday, Greenland’s three largest glaciers, which contain enough ice water to raise global sea level by about 1.3 meters, could melt faster than even worst-case warming predictions. Until 2000, the main driver of sea level rise was the melting of glaciers and …

[ad_1] The passage of Hurricane Iota caused severe damage in the region. Although 2020 has broken records for the number of hurricanes in the Atlantic with 30 storms so far, this is the most powerful of the year. The consequences in the archipelago of San Andrés and Providencia can explain …

[ad_1] Sowing the atmosphere with aerosols would not prevent high concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from destabilizing low clouds, opening the door to extreme warming Pumping aerosols into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight, thereby cooling the Earth, is a next-generation method of dealing with climate change. According to …