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The hidden harm from salmon farming

In addition to parasites, pathogens, chemical residues, and other treatments can persist in cages. Fallow sites are expected to undergo complete removal of fish and nets to limit pathogen carryover. Campaigners, however, say the Aird site “continued functioning as a reservoir of disease and flesh-eating lice.” Read: The catch. Unsustainable Abigail Penny, executive director of […]
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Will Glacier Melt Lead to Increased Seismic Activity in Mountain Regions? – State of the Planet

A recent study from Earth and Planetary Science Letters is the first to directly link earthquakes to climate change-induced glacial melt. Scientists analyzed 15 years of seismic activity in the Grandes Jorasses—a peak that is part of the Mont Blanc massif between Italy and France—to better understand this association. This massif is one of the […]
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Resisting Black Friday advertising hype

Amazon has been accused of deliberately concealing their true water usage across their different platforms in leaked company memos from 2022. With new data centres planned in water-stressed areas in Buckinghamshire, Amazon responded last month with plans for four new water replenishment plants in the US, Mexico and England.  These diverse impacts have sparked an impressive feat […]
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Fight Food Waste This Holiday Season – State of the Planet

Credit: Karola G/Pexels The holiday season is marked by folks gathering to celebrate traditions and connect over special meals. Yet it can be difficult to feel festive when considering the environmental impact of food waste. According to Feeding America, a nonprofit that has over 200 food banks in the U.S., 38 percent of all food […]
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The July 4 Floods in Texas Weren’t a One-Off. They Were a Warning. – State of the Planet

The flooded Guadalupe River near Kerrville, Texas, on July 5, 2025. Photo: US Coast Guard On July 14 this past summer, I pulled up to the Kerrville Kroc Corps Community Center, dodging puddles and sinkholes from a recent thunderstorm in a town where the last thing needed was more rain. I was there as a volunteer […]
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A summit at the nadir of credibility?

“And now, reckless projects, including the BR-319 highway, the Ferrogrão railroad, and the disastrous proposal to drill for oil at the mouth of the Amazon, push the rainforest closer to collapse.” One of the most striking contradictions is Brazil’s approval of oil exploration at the mouth of the Amazon River, on the so-called Brazilian equatorial […]
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Sailing Around the Bangladesh Coastal Zone – State of the Planet

I am continuing to travel around the coastal zone of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta in Bangladesh repairing GNSS (GPS) instruments. The future sustainability of the delta depends on the balance of sea level rise, the sinking, or subsidence, of the land, and the deposition of sediments that can help maintain the land. My GNSS instruments can […]
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Reducing Arsenic in Drinking Water Cuts Risk of Death, Even After Years of Chronic Exposure – State of the Planet

Credit: Lingkon Serao A new 20-year study of nearly 11,000 adults in Bangladesh found that lowering arsenic levels in drinking water was associated with up to a 50 percent lower risk of death from heart disease, cancer and other chronic illnesses, compared with continued exposure. Published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association, […]
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A tiny ocean worm just revealed a big secret about how eyes evolve

A tiny ocean worm just revealed a big secret about how eyes evolve

A research team from the University of Vienna and the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven has uncovered how the eyes of adult marine bristleworms continue to increase in size throughout their entire lifespan. The work shows that this constant growth is powered by a ring of neural stem cells that resembles similar structures found in […]
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Will Glacier Melt Lead to Increased Seismic Activity in Mountain Regions? – State of the Planet

A recent study from Earth and Planetary Science Letters is the first to directly link earthquakes to climate change-induced glacial melt. Scientists analyzed 15 years of seismic activity in the Grandes Jorasses—a peak that is part of the Mont Blanc massif between Italy and France—to better understand this association. This massif is one of the […]
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A tiny ocean worm just revealed a big secret about how eyes evolve

A tiny ocean worm just revealed a big secret about how eyes evolve

A research team from the University of Vienna and the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven has uncovered how the eyes of adult marine bristleworms continue to increase in size throughout their entire lifespan. The work shows that this constant growth is powered by a ring of neural stem cells that resembles similar structures found in […]
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Will Glacier Melt Lead to Increased Seismic Activity in Mountain Regions? – State of the Planet

A recent study from Earth and Planetary Science Letters is the first to directly link earthquakes to climate change-induced glacial melt. Scientists analyzed 15 years of seismic activity in the Grandes Jorasses—a peak that is part of the Mont Blanc massif between Italy and France—to better understand this association. This massif is one of the […]
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