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A traffic jam on a Miami highway
Environmental ScienceRemediationSustainabililty
Alessandro Pignotti

A Much-Needed Upgrade to Direct Air Capture Technology

Direct air capture (DAC) technology achieves significant improvements in CO2 capture processes through an innovative design, potentially leading to a brighter future for decarbonization efforts.

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Women play a central role in agriculture, where pesticide exposure is common. Even without direct occupational contact, proximity to croplands and related activities can increase exposure, with emerging evidence suggesting these chemicals may disrupt hormonal pathways and influence reproductive development in girls. [[File:Role of women in agriculture in Punjab (5712932498).jpg|Role_of_women_in_agriculture_in_Punjab_(5712932498)]]. Source: Public domain via Wikimedia commons
Environmental Science
Dulce Rosario Alberto-Aguilar

Environmental Pesticide Exposure and Reproductive Development: Recent Evidence on Menstruation and Breast Development in Girls

Excerpt: Girls are entering puberty earlier—but why? Beyond nutrition and body weight, new research highlights how everyday pesticide exposures may disrupt hormones and influence breast development and menstrual timing.

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View of the Atlantic Ocean near Faroe Islands, from an helicopter
Environmental Science
Alessandro Pignotti

Alarms but Also Hope: A Review on Ocean Stratification

Global warming has had an impact on ocean stratification, revealing significant increases in both near-surface and deeper water layers that disrupt crucial ecological balances and climate system functions.

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Animal behaviorComparative ZoologyEnvironmental ScienceRegenerative Biology/Medicine
Christina Andrea Alvear

Axolotl Armed and Back Again, Thanks to Retinoic Acid

Featured Image Caption: Axolotl and image of limb and skeletal structure being tested for regeneration.  Top image by Tiia Monto,

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Ciencias AmbientalesComportamiento AnimalEspañolSostenibilidad
Christina Andrea Alvear

Cerebros contra Cuerpos: Tortugas Marinas Navegando un Océano más Cálido

Artículo escrito en Ingles y Español por Abigail Jolteusy editado en Español por Christina Andrea Alvear  y  Dulce Rosario Alberto-Aguilar

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