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Category: Environmental & Earth Sciences

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By Blake CatlettPosted on

The Effects of Climate Change Being Felt in Nashville

The Effects of Climate Change Being Felt in Nashville Blake Catlett | February 7, 2023 Climate change is an increasingly worrying issue affecting the world’s…

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By Bryce EmanuelPosted on

A Terrible Thing to Waste

A Terrible Thing to Waste Bryce Emanuel | January 23, 2022 Every neighborhood claims to be a safe environment for its residents. But what evidence…

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By Stuti JainPosted on

Rare Binary Star System Offers a New Look into the Cosmos

Stuti Jain | November 18, 2022 The origin of the universe has baffled astronomers, physicists and evolutionary scientists for decades. Despite the newest slew of stunning…

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By Sarah PlatkinPosted on

Shopping for Environmental Benefits: Using Carbon Capture Technology to Create Consumer Goods

Sarah Platkin | November 2, 2022 Many college students, including us here at Vanderbilt University, feed into the fast fashion industry, whether we know it…

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By Kanksha BuchPosted on

Global Health Uncovered: The Pakistani Health Crisis after the Flood

Kanksha Buch | October 21, 2022 As a severe drought devastated the agriculture of numerous Pakistani provinces, locals desperately awaited the onset of the monsoon…

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By Sara BottomePosted on

The Role of Algae in the Fight against Pollution

Currently, most algal blooms are nothing but destructive. Many researchers and industries have become interested in the potential of algae as a useful alternative to common contributors of pollution. This article will discuss three of these developing (and some already implemented) uses for algae. 

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By Akaash SeemakurtyPosted on

Habitable Exoplanets: A Possible Escape Route?

Over 4000 unique exoplanets – planets that orbit a star outside our solar system – have been discovered in the Milky Way galaxy, but the majority are not suitable for sustaining human life.

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By Wesley DongPosted on

What impact does climate change have on the California fires?

With the increasing number and frequency of these natural calamities, we’re faced with two critical questions: how does climate change impact these catastrophes and how much of that impact is driven by humans?

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By Calla ReedPosted on

Climate Change, Zoonosis, and Epidemic outbreaks: Disease Outbreaks as the New Normal

Zoonotic diseases, infectious diseases that exist naturally in an animal population and mutate to become viable in the human population upon close contact, have been the cause of history’s most impactful pandemics.

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