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The UC-30 submarine sank in 1917, but its explosives are still affecting the surrounding marine environment.
North Sea war wreck pollution is leaking TNT from old munitions into water, seabed sediment and marine life.
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An ADN green rocket thruster ignited electrically at room temperature, eliminating the need for a preheated catalyst bed.
SpaceScientists develop a greener, catalyst-free, rocket thruster to power the next generation of spacecraftJoseph Shavit
A nationwide database reveals where landslides threaten millions of Americans and highlights deep urban and rural divides in risk.
Green ImpactUW researchers create the first building-level map of landslide risk across the United StatesJoseph Shavit
This cookie is made using waste plant materials and plastic and could feed humans everywhere from submarines to spaceships.
Green ImpactScientists recycle plastic bottles and corn waste into protein-rich cookiesJoshua Shavit
Outcrop photo of carbonaceous chert. 3.5-billion-year-old chert in India preserves carbon and layered structures that researchers link to early microbial life.
Green Impact3.5 billion-year-old rock in India may hold evidence of early microbial lifeJoshua Shavit
Thunderquake seismic imaging uses storm-generated vibrations and buried fiber-optic cables to reveal underground weak zones.
Green ImpactThunderquakes turn storms into a new tool for imaging underground hazardsJoseph Shavit
The Toba supervolcano remained active for thousands of years after its giant eruption, challenging how volcanic hazards are assessed.
Green ImpactAncient Toba eruption reveals a supervolcano can stay dangerous for thousands of yearsJoseph Shavit
Beijing measurements show some city trees release gases that become much more reactive in hot, sunny weather.
Green ImpactCity trees can worsen ozone pollution when heatwaves hit, study findsJoshua Shavit
University of Waterloo researchers are using AI, sensors and data science to decode modern house fires and improve evacuation safety.
AIAI helps predict dangerous fire conditions in modern homesShy Cohen
Montana State University-led research shows how lake mud records Yellowstone’s ancient fires, forests and geyser activity.
Green ImpactYellowstone lake mud reveals 15,000 years of fire, forest and geyser changeJoshua Shavit
Ice XXI forms when water is rapidly compressed, revealing five freezing pathways and a new high-pressure crystal structure.
Green ImpactNew form of ice can freeze at room temperature, study findsJoseph Shavit
Climate change determined Earth’s top predator 35 million years ago.
Green ImpactGlobal warming 40 million years ago transformed the size of Europe’s carnivorous mammalsRebecca Shavit
A new machine-learning model maps global glacier ice thickness using more than 7 million measurements.
AIAI maps ice levels beneath the world’s glaciers – could raise global sea levels by over a footJoshua Shavit
Researchers discovered Laurinque elenya, a golden tree-like coral off Costa Rica that represents a new deep-sea coral family.
DiscoveriesGolden deep-sea coral off Costa Rica adds a new branch to the tree of lifeRebecca Shavit
Sticky hairs, digestive enzymes, and labeled nitrogen reveal how an alpine flower turns insects into nutrients.
Green Impact150-year-old Darwin mystery solved by a carnivorous alpine flowerRebecca Shavit
Color representation of the Helix Nebula.
Green ImpactHelix Nebula reveals what happens to material shed by a dying starJoseph Shavit
The St. Mary Magdalene Flood 1342 was part of 16 major European floods that struck within less than two years.
Green ImpactEurope’s catastrophic ‘flood of the millennium’ in 1342 wasn’t a single eventJoshua Shavit