In a groundbreaking study, University of Utah researchers, Sara Grineski and Roger Renteria, found strong evidence that exposure to industrial pollution during pregnancy can shape a grandchild’s neurodevelopment. A child has a higher risk of an intellectual disability if their grandmothers lived near industrial facilities while pregnant with a parent, especially the mother. Higher density of industrial facilities corresponded to higher risk for the child.
Brett Clark’s new research links military spending and carbon emissions and was published recently in PLOS Climate. Brett and his colleagues analyzed US military expenditures and documented a strong relationship with energy use. Their paper argues the Dept of Defense can substantially reduce its carbon emissions by reducing spending.
This study’s purpose was to identify how AI/AN undergraduate students’ self-efficacy and science identity changed from participating in the 2022 Native American Summer Research Internship (NARI)
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The drying of lakes with no outlets, also called terminal lakes or inland seas, is a major ecological catastrophe of the twenty-first century.