Earth

Groundwater beneath the seafloor in many of the world’s continental shelves has salinities well below that of seawater. Increasingly, there is pressure to tap into…
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One of the key problems related to safety and human life is the emissions of hazardous substances into the atmosphere from point sources, which are…
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The Great Lakes are an important resource to the population living in the US and Canada. They provide drinking water and feed the agricultural lands….
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A natural river often forms as a meandering channel to maintain a balance between bed erosion and sediment deposition. On both sides of a river,…
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The Hurst phenomenon is a behavior observed in geophysical processes in which wet or dry years are clustered during long time periods. A common practice for…
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Temperature anomalies, especially temperature extremes, have received increasing attention due to their potentially severe impacts on ecosystems, economy, and human health. The impacts of historical…
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Global warming enables atmosphere to hold more water and accelerates the global water cycle. The warmer air provides more moisture to rainfall events and leads…
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Atmospheric aerosols, both scattering and absorbing types, arising from different natural and anthropogenic emission sources are known to influence the Earth’s radiation budget through direct…
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Gold, platinum and silver nanoparticles have received great attention from researchers due to their usefulness for the sustainability of the environment. Among these noble metal…
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Contrasting the common belief, flash floods in arid climates occur quite often when the convective storms typical of these areas hit the fast-responding dry soils….
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Killifish have a broad range of geographical distribution, though the principal location of their natural habitats are the fresh waters of rivers, brooks, lakes, and swamps…
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