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Category: How does the environment respond to humans?

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Is modern farming sustainable?

Posted on August 27, 2026August 27, 2026 by Sciworthy

Scientists studied sediments from the Mississippi River catchment to determine whether modern agriculture caused more landscape erosion than…

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    Thawing permafrost is affecting fish health

    Posted on August 19, 2026August 12, 2026 by Sciworthy

    Researchers showed that thawing permafrost reduces the quantity and quality of fish species in Arctic streams by raising water temperatures…

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      Wildfires and forest harvesting worsen severe weather impacts

      Posted on August 17, 2026August 12, 2026 by Sciworthy

      Scientists found that forest harvesting and wildfires in British Columbia are causing severe weather events to create more geohazards, like…

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        The long-term fate of Earth’s biosphere

        Posted on August 10, 2026August 19, 2026 by Ben Pauley

        Scientists modeled how Earth’s temperature and atmosphere will change over billions of years and predicted that plants and the life they…

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          Can melting ice increase glacial hazards?

          Posted on August 6, 2026August 12, 2026 by Sciworthy

          Scientists determined the driving forces behind catastrophic events linked to glaciers in the Eastern Himalayas.

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            Predicting microbial antibiotic resistance with AI

            Posted on July 27, 2026July 6, 2026 by Madeline Taylor

            Scientists used machine learning models to predict the prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes in agricultural soil under future climate…

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              Industrial waste solidified a UK beach in just 35 years

              Posted on July 16, 2026July 14, 2026 by Sciworthy

              Scientists analyzed the composition of mineral cements on a beach in Derwent Howe and found that furnace waste had rapidly solidified the…

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                Cold shocks in a warming ocean affect large marine animals

                Posted on July 9, 2026July 9, 2026 by Sciworthy

                Researchers identified trends in extreme cold events that can push migratory animals, such as bull sharks, beyond their thermal tolerance…

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                  Greenland’s ice flow into the Arctic Ocean
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                  How do ice sheets melt?

                  Posted on June 29, 2026May 28, 2026 by Sciworthy

                  Scientists observed a glacier collapse in Greenland and proposed a new model of how ice sheets melt. Their model describes water as both…

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                    When glaciers retreat, microbes take over

                    Posted on June 15, 2026May 28, 2026 by Sciworthy

                    Researchers demonstrated that the first microbes to colonize recently deglaciated soil can extract nutrients from air and rock to survive…

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