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A new study in Science maps out a comprehensive plan to eliminate plastic pollution by 2050

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Investigating the changing disease ecology of California
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Climate change policies lose popularity when combined with pausing regulations or social justice
Black man with trays of different insects
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Umberto Diecinove

Edible Insect Art Show displays culinary diversity & sustainability
A large field of sunflowers near Sacramento.
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Tweaks to farming practices could preserve some of California’s declining water resources.

Small changes can yield big savings in agricultural water use
A tractor sprays a soybean field in spring.
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Organic farming practices can increase pesticide use in neighboring, non-organic fields.

Organic farms can have mixed effects on pesticide use depending on their neighbors
Beijing’s Forbidden City lies shrouded in industrial smog.
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China’s infamous air pollution affects its citizens’ minds as well as their bodies.

Clearing the air reduces suicide rates
A person walks past a Vote Here sign in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Lorie Shaull via Wikimedia
Climate concerns likely gave Democrats the White House in 2020

US voters’ climate change opinions swing elections

Global groundwater depletion is accelerating, but is not inevitable
A school of hammerhead sharks.
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Masayuki Agawa via OceanImageBank

A global study reveals pathways to save threatened sharks, despite rising mortality trends
Power pylons at sunset.
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Matthew Henry via Unsplash
Decarbonizing the grid is the dawn of a new era of electricity.

Equitably decarbonizing California: A multi-campus collaboration will help the Golden State reach its energy goals
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Elena Zhukova

Making the world healthier, more sustainable and more secure through research
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Researchers poised to study the joint effects of climate change and offshore wind energy development on U.S. West Coast fisheries
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