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Furl and Sharif researched the factors that led to the catastrophic flooding and shed… </p></div> <div style="font-style:italic;font-weight:400;" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2018-01-30T02:43:00+00:00"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/new-study-examines-the-causes-and-consequences-of-the-2015-wimberley-floods/">January 30, 2018</a></time></div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div> </div> <div style="height:112px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> </div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-6721 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news"> <div class="wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><h2 class="alignwide wp-block-post-title has-var-wp-custom-typography-font-size-huge-clamp-2-25-rem-4-vw-2-75-rem-font-size"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/plastic-in-the-oceans-increasing-risk-of-disease-in-coral-reefs/" target="_self" >Plastic in the Oceans Increasing Risk of Disease in Coral Reefs</a></h2> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:650px"><div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">More than 11 billion pieces of plastic are lodged within coral reefs in the Asia-Pacific region. According to a new study published in the journal Science, as this plastic gets tangled, it often cuts the coral, increasing the risk of infection and disease outbreaks by as much 89 percent. </p></div> <div style="font-style:italic;font-weight:400;" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2018-01-29T13:39:00+00:00"><a 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class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:650px"><div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">As farmers in the American West decide what, when and where to plant, and urban water managers plan for water needs in the next year, they want to know how much water their community will get from melting snow in the mountains.This melting snow comes from snowpack, the high elevation reservoir of snow which melts… </p></div> <div style="font-style:italic;font-weight:400;" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2018-01-29T13:27:00+00:00"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/noaa-research-holds-promise-of-predicting-snowpack-before-snow-falls/">January 29, 2018</a></time></div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div> </div> <div style="height:112px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> </div> </li><li class="wp-block-post 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Behnam Molavi—both PhD engineering graduates from UBC—and sports physician Babak Shadgan have designed a smart garment capable of monitoring vital performance metrics through sensors and software embedded in… </p></div> <div style="font-style:italic;font-weight:400;" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2018-01-29T13:27:00+00:00"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/university-of-british-columbia-wearable-technology-could-change-the-way-athletes-train/">January 29, 2018</a></time></div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div> </div> <div style="height:112px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> </div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-6717 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news"> <div class="wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><h2 class="alignwide wp-block-post-title has-var-wp-custom-typography-font-size-huge-clamp-2-25-rem-4-vw-2-75-rem-font-size"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/the-scent-of-the-city/" target="_self" >The Scent of the City</a></h2> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:650px"><div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">Emissions of volatile organic compounds higher than previously assumed.In the scientific journal PNAS, researchers from Innsbruck, Austria, present the world's first chemical fingerprint of urban emission sources of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Accordingly, the abatement strategy for organic solvents is having an effect in Europe. At the same time, the data suggest that the total… </p></div> <div style="font-style:italic;font-weight:400;" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2018-01-26T20:37:00+00:00"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/the-scent-of-the-city/">January 26, 2018</a></time></div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div> </div> <div style="height:112px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> </div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-6718 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news"> <div class="wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><h2 class="alignwide wp-block-post-title has-var-wp-custom-typography-font-size-huge-clamp-2-25-rem-4-vw-2-75-rem-font-size"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/new-study-reveals-how-icy-surface-ponds-on-himalayan-glaciers-influence-water-flow/" target="_self" >New study reveals how icy surface ponds on Himalayan glaciers influence water flow</a></h2> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:650px"><div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">The flow of water that supports hydro-electric and irrigation infrastructure in the mountain regions of Nepal and India is regulated by hundreds of large icy ponds on the surface of some of the world’s highest glaciers, scientists have revealed. </p></div> <div style="font-style:italic;font-weight:400;" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2018-01-26T17:40:00+00:00"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/new-study-reveals-how-icy-surface-ponds-on-himalayan-glaciers-influence-water-flow/">January 26, 2018</a></time></div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow 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climate is expected to affect coastal regions worldwide as glaciers and ice sheets melt, raising sea level globally. </p></div> <div style="font-style:italic;font-weight:400;" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2018-01-26T17:39:00+00:00"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/century-of-data-shows-sea-level-rise-shifting-tides-in-delaware-chesapeake-bays/">January 26, 2018</a></time></div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div> </div> <div style="height:112px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> </div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-6712 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news"> <div class="wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><h2 class="alignwide wp-block-post-title has-var-wp-custom-typography-font-size-huge-clamp-2-25-rem-4-vw-2-75-rem-font-size"><a href="http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/research-finds-link-between-rainfall-and-ocean-circulation-in-past-and-present/" target="_self" >Research Finds Link Between Rainfall and Ocean Circulation in Past and Present</a></h2> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:650px"><div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">Research conducted at The University of Texas at Austin has found that changes in ocean currents in the Atlantic Ocean influence rainfall in the Western Hemisphere, and that these two systems have been linked for thousands of years. </p></div> <div style="font-style:italic;font-weight:400;" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2018-01-26T17:33:00+00:00"><a 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