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Legacy pollutants found in migratory terns in Great Lakes region

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(Charlotte HSU, University of Buffalo ; October 23, 2020) Legacy pollutants found in migratory terns in Great Lakes region Featured Research Article: Evidence of continued exposure to legacy persistent organic pollutants in threatened migratory common terns nesting in the Great Lakes (TRAVIS et al. , 2020) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020320201

Climate-Driven Erosion in Mountainous Areas

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By Achira HANSAJA, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link Ground-breaking discovery finally proves that rain really can move mountains                            (Press Release, University of Bristol ; October 16, 2020) http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2020/october/rain-moves-mountains.html Featured Research Article: Climate controls on erosion in tectonically active landscapes                                                       (ADAMS et al. , 2020) https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/42/eaaz3166

China's Three Gorges Dam: The inside story of a mega-project with disastrous consequences (France 24)

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By Phoenix7777, 水雨情报告专栏 (Water and rain report column), 长江水利委员会水文局 (Bureau of Hydrology, Changjiang Water Resources Commission), CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link