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Environmental: General Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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U.S. health costs related to chemicals in plastics reached $250 billion in 2018      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in plastics pose a serious threat to public health and cost th...

Environmental: General Environmental: Water Geoscience: Environmental Issues Geoscience: Geography
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Waters along Bar Harbor, Acadia home to billions of microplastics      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers reveal there are an estimated 400 billion microplastic fibers on the surface of Frenchma ...

Geoscience: Geology Space: The Solar System
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Why the day is 24 hours long: Astrophysicists reveal why Earth's day was a constant 19.5 hours for over a billion years      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Astrophysicists have revealed how the slow and steady lengthening of Earth's day caused by the tidal...

Space: Astronomy Space: Astrophysics Space: Cosmology Space: Exploration Space: General Space: Structures and Features
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Furthest ever detection of a galaxy's magnetic field      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Astronomers have detected the magnetic field of a galaxy so far away that its light has taken more t...

Environmental: General Geoscience: Environmental Issues Geoscience: Geography
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Black summer bushfires in Australia wiped $2.8 billion from tourism supply chain      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

First input-output economic analysis of the 2019-20 Australian fires also found 7300 jobs were lost....

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: Marine Ecology: Sea Life
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What the geologic record reveals about how oceans were oxygenated 2.3 billion years ago      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Geochemists used thallium isotopes to track the rise and fall of free oxygen on Earth between 2.5 an...

Space: The Solar System
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Most volcanic activity on Mercury stopped about 3.5 billion years ago - Most Volcanic Activity on Mercury Stopped About 3.5 Billion Years Ago      (via sciencedaily.com) 

New research finds that major volcanic activity on the planet Mercury most likely ended about 3.5 bi...

Anthropology: Early Humans
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Chromatin originated in ancient microbes one to two billion years ago - Chromatin Originated in Ancient Microbes One to Two Billion Years Ago      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers now reveal that nature's storage solution first evolved in ancient microbes living on Ea...

Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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US can cut building emissions by up to 91%, saving $100 billion per year in energy-related costs, modeling study shows      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

The US has committed to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. To accomplish this goal, large cuts in...

Environmental: General Geoscience: Earth Science Geoscience: Environmental Issues Geoscience: Geography
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Ag tech can cut billions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

As the Earth's human population grows, greenhouse gas emissions from the world's food system are on...