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Migratory Birds Need Habitat. California Farmers Can Help.
https://undark.org/2024/10/22/migratory-birds-need-habitat-california-farmers-can-help/
Published: October 22, 2024 07:13
As they traverse the Pacific Flyway, a strip of land that stretches along the Western coast of the Americas, migrating birds depend on wetland habitat. But in California’s Central Valley, 95 percent of those wetlands have disappeared. One program is paying…
How the Election Could Affect Toxic Chemical Regulation
https://undark.org/2024/10/21/how-the-election-could-affect-toxic-chemical-regulation/
Published: October 21, 2024 07:45
In the past eight years, activists have successfully pushed for tighter restrictions on so-called forever chemicals, culminating in sweeping regulations that affect drinking water and toxic site clean-up. What will the upcoming presidential election mean…
Book Review: All History Is Environmental History
https://undark.org/2024/10/18/book-review-the-burning-earth/
Published: October 18, 2024 07:39
All history is environmental history, according to Sunil Amrith, an historian and the author of “The Burning Earth,” which traces the disparate, and often disastrous, efforts by civilizations as far back as the Mongol empire to control nature in the name…
The Irony of Powering AI on Atomic Energy
https://undark.org/2024/10/17/opinion-irony-of-powering-ai-on-atomic-energy/
Published: October 17, 2024 07:08
Microsoft announced a deal to revive Three Mile Island and buy all of the nuclear power plant’s electricity as the demands of its artificial intelligence data centers increase. One anthropologist asks whether a dying 20th century technology that didn’t…
War’s Public Health Impacts Are Vast. Tallying Them Is Difficult.
https://undark.org/2024/10/16/war-public-health-vast-impact/
Published: October 16, 2024 07:55
Connecting the dots between armed conflict and health is not straightforward. But researchers are developing creative techniques to gauge the extent of armed conflict’s public health harms — an endeavor they say is essential to inform short-term relief…
Is Depression Contagious? The Science Is Uncertain.
https://undark.org/2024/10/15/cross-sections-depression-contagious-science-is-uncertain/
Published: October 15, 2024 07:08
The contagious nature of infections like strep throat or influenza is well understood. You’re at risk of catching the flu, for example, if someone near you has it. But what about a person’s mental health? Can depression be contagious? Research into those…
As Hurricanes Disrupt Phone Service, Amateur Radio Comes In Clear
https://undark.org/2024/10/14/hurricanes-disrupt-phone-service-amateur-radio-comes/
Published: October 14, 2024 07:45
While some residents in hurricane-impacted areas can’t send texts or make calls, amateur radio enthusiasts are helping communicate requests for help and messages between loved ones.
Book Review: How Much Can Animals Really Communicate?
https://undark.org/2024/10/11/book-review-why-animals-talk/
Published: October 11, 2024 07:43
In “Why Animals Talk,” zoologist Arik Kershenbaum casts a skeptical eye on grand claims about animal communication. Instead, he argues, the way information is conveyed is a product of the animal’s need to survive in specific circumstances, and is developed…
Adaptations to an Older World Hinder Us From Saving This One
https://undark.org/2024/10/10/opinion-adaptations-to-an-older-world-climate-change/
Published: October 10, 2024 07:23
We humans harbor many cognitive biases — a legacy of the psychological adaptations early humans had to make to survive. In today’s world, could these deeply held thinking patterns be preventing us from breaking the harmful habits that fuel the many…
Can New Mexico’s Ancient Water System Survive Climate Change?
https://undark.org/2024/10/09/new-mexico-ancient-water-system-survive-climate-change/
Published: October 9, 2024 07:16
Scientists say droughts, wildfires, and volatile weather threaten acequias — ancient irrigation ditches in the Southwest. To safeguard their unique system, irrigators are working on boosting acequias as a sustainable resource, and strengthening legal…