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a charging cable into an electric vehicle at sunset.
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Accounting for the emissions over a vehicle’s entire lifecycle overturns the sunk-cost thinking that keeps gasoline vehicles on the roads.

Thinking about trading your car in for an EV? There’s a compelling new reason to do it now

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Taking Ocean Vital Signs

A Legacy of Research

A Changing Sea Floor
bowl containing assorted vegetables

The Environmental Footprint of Food
first day of the environmental justice workshop.

Environmental Issues and Societal Challenges
Visala Tallavarjula installs irrigation in Sedona, Arizona

When Every Drop Counts
sample tubes containing seawater and sand in a test tube rack

Fantastic Bioplastic
Irrigation pump

Slurping Up Groundwater
From left, Bob Miller, Julie Black, Bradford Jones and Kyle Emery

Serendipity on the Shore
Man with brown hair and skin holds book as woman with black hair and braids looks at him

McNair Scholars Get Big Investment
A mechanical wheel topped with a tarp-like cover tiled in solar panels sits in a green river surrounded by green foliage

Catching Plastic at Its Source
Two silver colored fish swim above a red coral reef in dark blue water

Healing Our Ocean
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