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EV fast charger creates polluting hot spots

EV fast charger creates polluting hot spots

Electric vehicle charging stations have brought about an unexpected environmental problem: According to new UCLA research, the air around fast chargers contains about twice as much particulate matter. While electric vehicles themselves produce zero...

Research finds that the Arctic Sea remains open

Research finds that the Arctic Sea remains open

According to new research challenging long-standing scientific debates, the Arctic Sea will never freeze solids under a huge ice shelf. Instead, even though glaciers cover most of the Northern Hemisphere, the region maintains seasonal...

Fig trees turn atmospheric carbon into stone

Fig trees turn atmospheric carbon into stone

Kenyan fig trees are doing something extraordinary: They are converting carbon dioxide from air to limestone-like rocks stored in the trunks and surrounding soil. This natural alchemy, discovered by an international team of scientists,...