In a new Science study, researchers estimate that as many as 1.4 billion people live in areas with soil dangerously polluted by heavy metals like arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, nickel, and lead. The results reveal a global risk, but also a previously unrecognized

Nature research paper: Trends in the seasonal amplitude of atmospheric methane go.nature.com/3ZacWaS

Using 23 years of satellite data, hydrologists revealed how dust-darkened snow is hastening runoff and reshaping the future of water in the Southwest. More about this University of Utah-led research on dust: bit.ly/3Z4N1kW

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Human activity since the Industrial Revolution has caused a 2- to 3-fold increase in the global river transport of mercury, a new Science Advances study suggests. scim.ag/4kEsdcW

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New Nature Geoscience Research led by Prof. Xu Lian reveals how terrestrial ecosystems respond to abnormal Rossby waves. Crucial insights for understanding climate impacts.

Tree ring isotopes reveal an intensification of the hydrological cycle in the Amazon bit.ly/447Bl2D

🌍New paper out today!!! Global variation in vegetation carbon use efficiency inferred from eddy covariance observations NatureEcoEvo Xiangzhong(Remi) Luo 👇

Correspondence: Consider groundwater quality in recovery strategies nature.com/articles/s4156…

This map categorizes European forests according to their use. Unmanaged forests are super rare. Finland and Sweden are timber plantations. France has created Landes de Gascogne, a match box forest on the Atlantic coast. Britain got rid of their forests altogether. Source:

Integrating hydrological impacts for cost-effective dryland ecological restoration bit.ly/47ukREX

The western United States relies on winter snowpacks for water in the dry summer. Now, research has characterized how wildfires in this region have accelerated snow melt. scim.ag/47QwYfR