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    ‘Worst-Case’ Scenario for Antarctic Ice Sheets and Sea-Level Rise Less Likely Than Predicted, Study Finds

    ‘Worst-Case’ Scenario for Antarctic Ice Sheets and Sea-Level Rise Less Likely Than Predicted, Study Finds

    A new study led by Dartmouth College researchers has found that a “worst-case” projection for sea level rise from the melting of polar ice sheets is highly unlikely, though the accelerating ice loss in Antarctica and Greenland is still alarming. The study challenges a prediction in a United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) […]

    Researchers Detect ‘Alarming’ Levels of Microplastics in Human Brain Samples

    Researchers Detect ‘Alarming’ Levels of Microplastics in Human Brain Samples

    It’s well-known that microplastics are pervasive, with scientists finding microplastics in testicular tissue, lungs and even blood. But now, researchers have discovered microplastic pieces in samples of the human brain at higher levels than expected. In a new pre-printed study published early by the National Library of Medicine, scientists analyzed plastic content in the livers, […]

    Arctic ‘Mercury Bomb’ Threatens Food Chain as Climate Warms

    Arctic ‘Mercury Bomb’ Threatens Food Chain as Climate Warms

    As global heating caused by the climate crisis warms the Arctic as much as four times faster than the worldwide average, Alaska’s Yukon River is eroding thawing permafrost and releasing mercury-laden sediment that has been sequestered for thousands of years into the surrounding environment. The toxic contaminant is putting the food chain and communities that […]