naturalenvironment
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East Palestine Train Derailment Killed at Least 43,000 Animals
People in East Palestine, Ohio are still struggling with uncertainty and fear for their health and community in the aftermath of the disastrous derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals on February 6. This week, the extreme impacts of that spill on local wildlife became clearer.
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Swarm’s Creepy First Trailer Makes Fandom the Killer
Stories about fans being overly devoted towards a particular group or person and taking things too far have existed in popular culture for years. At their best, these tales provide an interesting look to how warped fan culture has become over the decades. And even when they don’t really work or come across as overly…
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AI Says Earth Will Hit Critical Global Warming Thresholds Faster Than We Thought
New research that used machine learning tools to identify climate trends says that a critical global warming threshold could be closer than we think. The study, published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, used artificial neural networks trained on climate model output to predict the time until critical global warming…
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You Can Now Compost Dead People in New York
There’s a new option for people in New York trying to figure out what to do with their bodies after they die. Over the weekend, Governor Kathy Hochul signed Assembly Bill A382 into law, which legalizes the process of natural organic reduction — more popularly known as human composting — in New York State.