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NYC’s Composting Rates Are Low. A Sustainability Expert Thinks AI Will Offer a Solution. Eventually. – State of the Planet

In the U.S., more than one third of food goes to waste. As such, more food ends up in landfills than any other material. There, organic products decompose and produce methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that contributes to warming the planet. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, discarded food is responsible for 58 percent of […]
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In Nepal, Scientists and Spiritual Leaders Honor a Dying Glacier – State of the Planet

On May 12, 2025, Buddha Day, Buddhist monks and scientific researchers gathered to pay tribute to Yala Glacier in Nepal’s Langtang Valley. The International Centre for Mountain Development (ICIMOD), an international NGO housed in Kathmandu, collaborated with local Indigenous community leaders to organize this event to raise awareness of Yala’s rapid retreat and highlight the […]
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Protecting the protectors

As part of its long-term conservation efforts in the Amazon, The Caring Family Foundation has partnered with Associação Médicos Da Floresta (AMDAF) to launch a medical bus that provides specialist healthcare to Indigenous Amazonian communities, including gynaecology, paediatrics, cardiology and ophthalmology diagnosis and treatment.  Since the start of the year, the mobile health unit has offered […]
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Why Is Modeling Climate More Complex Than Forecasting Weather? – State of the Planet

Satellite image of Hurricane Matthew. Photo: NASA Goddard In classrooms across the world, students learn that weather is what’s happening at a particular moment, while climate is the long-term pattern.  And yet, climate is more than long-term weather. That means that researchers who build mathematical models of Earth’s climate have to account for many variables […]
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Declaring war on the climate

Military spending rises will increase these emissions. However, the exact relationship between military spending and military carbon emissions is highly complex and not easy to predict.  For example, will extra funding be mainly used to increase military activity, leading to rises in fossil fuel use by combat planes or warships?  Or will the funding be […]
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Scientists Respond to the Planned Termination of the Only U.S. Antarctic Research Vessel – State of the Planet

On July 28, 170 researchers sent a letter to the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Congress after NSF’s 2026 budget request included plans to end its lease of a U.S. research vessel in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica. The Nathaniel B. Palmer has been in operation for over 30 years and is the only U.S. […]
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Taking Science Education to the Seas With the 2025 School of Rock – State of the Planet

In July, 13 science educators from all walks of life hopped on the R/V Marcus G. Langseth in San Diego. The air was filled with excitement and anticipation—none of us had a clue what was coming next. The School of Rock team prepares to board R/V Marcus Langseth in San Diego, CA. Photo: Leah Joseph, […]
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Mitochondrial presequences harbor variable strengths to maintain organellar function

Hundreds of mitochondrial proteins rely on N-terminal presequences for organellar targeting and import. While generally described as positively charged amphiphilic helices, presequences lack a consensus motif and thus likely promote protein import into mitochondria with variable efficiencies. Indeed, the concept of presequence strength underlies biological models such as stress sensing, yet a quantitative analysis of […]
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Labour’s ‘deeply alarming’ attack on protest rights

British authorities have severely restricted the right to protest in contravention of their international human rights obligations, creating an environment in which peaceful dissent is increasingly treated as a criminal act, Human Rights Watch said in its latest report. ‘Silencing the Streets’: The Right to Protest Under Attack in the UK documents that the UK’s […]
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Mitochondrial presequences harbor variable strengths to maintain organellar function

Hundreds of mitochondrial proteins rely on N-terminal presequences for organellar targeting and import. While generally described as positively charged amphiphilic helices, presequences lack a consensus motif and thus likely promote protein import into mitochondria with variable efficiencies. Indeed, the concept of presequence strength underlies biological models such as stress sensing, yet a quantitative analysis of […]
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Labour’s ‘deeply alarming’ attack on protest rights

British authorities have severely restricted the right to protest in contravention of their international human rights obligations, creating an environment in which peaceful dissent is increasingly treated as a criminal act, Human Rights Watch said in its latest report. ‘Silencing the Streets’: The Right to Protest Under Attack in the UK documents that the UK’s […]
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