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Researchers Develop Self-Heating Concrete to Deice Sidewalks Without Salt

Researchers Develop Self-Heating Concrete to Deice Sidewalks Without Salt

Researchers at Drexel University have shared promising findings on the development of a self-heating concrete, which could not only save people the hassle of shoveling out the sidewalk on a snowy day, but it could also reduce the use of salt to deice walkways.  According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), salts used for […]

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    February Was Ninth Consecutive Month of Record-Breaking Global Temperatures

    February Was Ninth Consecutive Month of Record-Breaking Global Temperatures

    According to a new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), February 2024 was the planet’s ninth consecutive record-warm month. February’s average global temperature on land and the ocean’s surface was 2.52 degrees Fahrenheit above the century’s average of 53.8 degrees Fahrenheit — the warmest February in the 175-year NOAA planetary climate record. […]

    Playing on Artificial Turf Could Cover Athletes in PFAS, Study Says

    Playing on Artificial Turf Could Cover Athletes in PFAS, Study Says

    A new study warns that athletes playing sports on artificial turf could become covered in per- and polyfluorinated substances, or PFAS, present in the turf. Researchers from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) conducted a small-scale study of young athletes, as well as their coaches, who played soccer on an artificial turf field. The results […]

    Ocean Cleanup 101: Everything You Need to Know

    Ocean Cleanup 101: Everything You Need to Know

    Quick Key Facts Ocean Plastic: The Basics  The Earth’s oceans are teeming with life — and with plastic. In fact, by 2050, it’s expected that there will be even more plastic in the ocean than fish. Adding to the 150 million tons already in marine environments, eight million tons of plastic reaches our oceans every […]

    ‘An Underwater Bushfire’: Major Coral Bleaching Event in Northern Parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

    ‘An Underwater Bushfire’: Major Coral Bleaching Event in Northern Parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

    In the past eight years, the Great Barrier Reef — the largest coral reef in the world, stretching 1,429 miles — has experienced five mass bleaching events, tied by scientists to climate change. Most recently, corals around six islands in Turtle Group National Park, located about 6.2 miles off Australia’s Queensland Coast, have seen extensive […]