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Environment
How a week of extreme weather changed the lives of millions of Americans
The Palisades Fire destroys vehicles and buildings in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on January 7, 2025. Credit: AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File It was a week of fire and ice. It started with millions of people across the United States shivering in days of snowstorms and frigid air, thanks to a jet stream that has frequently deviated from…
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Science
India’s air pollution is linked to millions of deaths
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that long-term exposure to air pollution in India is contributing to millions of deaths. The study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, highlights the need for stronger air quality regulations in the country. Air pollution, which consists of particles less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter, PM2.5, can enter the…
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Environment
COP29: Climate change could kill millions, world leaders must work to limit deaths
Credit: Pok Rie on Pexels The COP29 climate change conference has concluded, but as usual, it looks like little will happen. The most urgent thing the United Nations can do is point out that “extreme weather events are affecting people around the world.” It is unlikely that a flurry of national policy actions will follow COP29. The results, while not…
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Other Sciences
AI finds racial restrictions in millions of real estate records
Credit: Stanford University California law requires counties to remove racially restrictive language, which has been constitutionally unenforceable since 1948, from property deeds. Researchers trained large-scale language models to help them do that. When Dan Ho bought a home in Palo Alto, he said, “We believe that this property cannot be used or occupied by anyone of African, Japanese, Chinese, or…
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