Oct. 24, 2017 – Analyzing samples from a prospective study, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers found that human exposure to glyphosate, a chemical widely found in weed killers, has increased approximately 500 percent since the introduction of genetically modified crops. “The data compares excretion levels of glyphosate and its metabolite aminomethylphosphonic […]
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Scientists report large-scale surface melting event in Antarctica during 2015-16 El Niño
June 16, 2017 – The West Antarctic Ice Sheet, a landbound mass of ice larger than Mexico, experienced substantial surface melt through the austral summer of 2015-2016 during one of the largest El Niño events of the past 50 years, according to scientists who had been conducting the first comprehensive atmospheric measurements in the region […]
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New fault discovered in earthquake-prone Southern California region
October 5, 2016 – A swarm of nearly 200 small earthquakes that shook Southern California residents in the Salton Sea area last week raised concerns they might trigger a larger earthquake on the southern San Andreas Fault. At the same time, scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and […]