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August 02, 2022

Climate Change How the Senate Climate Bill Will Boost Clean Energy The surprise climate bill's electricity provisions would help the U.S. surge toward its emissions reduction goals By Benjamin Storrow,E&E News

Natural Disasters What Is a Flash Flood? Flash flooding occurs in a short time frame after a precipitation event and is exacerbated by paved surfaces and already saturated soil By Janey Camp,The Conversation US

Climate Change Ongoing Megadrought Puts the West in 'Uncharted Waters' Scientists say the current drought in the West is the region's driest 22-year stretch in more than 1,200 years By Anne C. Mulkern,E&E News

Vaccines How Common Are Reinfections? And How Trust Can Beat the Virus: COVID, Quickly, Episode 35 On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about getting reinfected with the coronavirus just a month or two after an earlier bout—and the difference that trusting others can make in a pandemic. By Josh Fischman,Tanya Lewis,Tulika Bose,Jeffery DelViscio | 08:00

Oceans Salty Sea Spray Keeps Lightning Strikes Away Particles of sea salt in the air could stop clouds from charging up for a lightning strike By Sasha Warren

Paleontology Little Pterosaur Could Have 'Pole-Vaulted' into Flight from the Water New fossil analysis offers the first physical evidence of this launch strategy By Riley Black

Behavior Forensic Experts Are Surprisingly Good at Telling whether Two Writing Samples Match A study to counter the lack of evidence for handwriting analysis shows it is effective if an examiner has the right training By Emily Willingham

Space Exploration A New Private Moon Race Kicks Off Soon Commercial spacecraft are vying to land on the lunar surface, but can they jump-start a new space economy? By Rebecca Boyle

Animals Common Fungicide Kills Bee's Sex Appeal The chemical makes male mason bees lose their groove—and smell bad By Darren Incorvaia

Health Care Algorithm That Detects Sepsis Cut Deaths by Nearly 20 Percent Over two years, a machine-learning program warned thousands of health care providers about patients at high risk of sepsis, allowing them to begin treatments nearly two hours sooner By Sophie Bushwick

Public Health What Could Actually Work to Curb Gun Violence Evidence-based solutions to firearm safety range from banning assault weapons to increasing green spaces By Lawrence O. Gostin

FROM THE STORE The Science of Climate Change As evidence for human interference in the Earth's climate continues to accumulate, scientists have gained a better understanding of when, where and how the impacts of global warming are being felt. In this eBook, we examine those impacts on the planet, on human society and on the plant and animal kingdoms, as well as effective mitigation strategies including resourceful urban design and smart carbon policies. *Editor's Note: This Collector's Edition was published as Climate Change. The eBook adaptation contains all of the articles, but some of the artwork has been removed to optimize viewing on tablet devices.

FROM THE ARCHIVE Doing the Math on Biden's Climate Pledge At the COP26 climate summit, the administration aims to show the U.S. will reduce emissions 50 percent in the next nine years By Jean Chemnick,E&E News | November 2021

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