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Glaciers in Alaska's Denali National Park are melting faster than at any time in the past four centuries because of rising summer temperatures, a new study finds.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-04/agu-moa041018.php


globally marine heatwaves have increased over the past century in number, length and intensity as a direct result of warming oceans.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-04/uons-hlm040918.php


People living near oil and gas facilities along Colorado's Northern Front Range may be exposed to hazardous air pollutants, including carcinogens like benzene, that could pose health risks above levels deemed acceptable by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-04/uoca-tln040918.php


Artificially altering the climate system to limit global warming to 1.5C could increase the risks of wildfires in some areas, new research suggests.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-04/uoe-grl040918.php


Long-term exposure to high levels of road traffic and ozone significantly increases the risk of asthma symptoms, asthma attacks or the need for use of asthma medications, according to a new study published in the European Respiratory Journal
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-04/elf-mes040318.php


The world installed a record 98 gigawatts of new solar capacity, far more than the net additions of any other technology - renewable, fossil fuel or nuclear.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-04/tca-bos032918.php


Lizards, mice, bats, possums, and other vertebrates are important pollinators too
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-04/esoa-lmb040418.php


Organic fertilizers are an overlooked source of microplastic pollution
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-04/aaft-ofa040218.php


LSU researchers have discovered a new relationship between climate change, monarch butterflies and milkweed plants. It turns out that warming temperatures don't just affect the monarch, Danaus plexippus, directly, but also affect this butterfly by potentially turning its favorite plant food into a poison.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-04/lsu-iae040318.php


The Sahara Desert has expanded by about 10 percent since 1920
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/uom-tsd032618.php