Whose air quality are we monitoring?
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U.S. EPA air quality monitors are disproportionally located in predominately white neighborhoods, leaving marginalized communities at risk of pollution exposure.
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Misha Lived in Zoos, but the Elephant’s Tooth Enamel Helps Reconstruct Wildlife Migrations
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U geologists show how strontium isotopes found in teeth reveal where large plant-eating animals have roamed.
Read MoreAn emissions tale of two cities: Salt Lake vs. Los Angeles
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Research shows carbon monoxide emissions on Salt Lake City freeways worsened while they went down in Southern California.
Read More‘Brand new physics’ for next generation spintronics
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Physicists discover a unique quantum behavior that offers a new way to manipulate electron-spin and magnetization to push forward cutting-edge spintronic technologies, like computing that mimics the human brain.
Read MoreSediment Stories
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Unraveling the changing landscape on Utah’s Colorado and San Juan rivers and the shrinking Lake Powell.
Read MoreGreat Salt Lake is Rebounding But Dust Monitoring Needs Improvement
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Utah should deploy equipment to track PM10 blowing from exposed lakebed into Davis, Weber counties, according to GSL Strike Team
Read MoreTechnology For Oxidizing Atmospheric Methane Won’t Help the Climate
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U atmospheric scientists show “geoengineering” efforts to remove greenhouse gas could worsen air quality while provide minimal climate benefits.
Read MoreU.S. Suffers From Low Social Mobility. Is Sprawl Partly to Blame?
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Using Census data, researchers untangle interplay between urban development patterns and socioeconomic outcomes.
Read MoreHow Loss of Urban Trees Affects Education Outcomes
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Economics study highlights how ecosystem degradation disproportionately impacts disadvantaged communities.
Read MoreWhat Happens to Meltwater from Greenland’s Ice Sheet
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It eventually reaches the sea, but GPS data that tracks the rise and fall of Greenland bedrock reveals complicated journey.
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