Microbes Behind Methane Surge Could Drive Climate Change
Scientists propose microbes in wetlands, cows, and fields drive recent methane rise, signaling a possible reinforcing feedback. The study analyzes methane from 22 sites using isotopic carbon signatures, suggesting microbial sources explain both higher levels and lighter methane over 15 years.
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Sylvia Michel
National Academy of Science
Arctic
Michel
Colorado
Archaea
Stanford University
Rob Jackson
Jackson
Amazon
Congo
Record drought grips 87 percent of United States
The latest U S Drought Monitor shows 87 percent of the continental United States in abnormally dry or drought conditions as of Oct 31, a record high. Weather patterns shift will keep a central corridor in drought to flood transition with continued rain likely this week and into November.
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U.S
U.S. Drought Monitor
University of Nebraska At Lincoln
Mally
Central United States
Southern Plains
Texas
Great Lakes
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Central Plains
Pacific Ocean
Northwest
Need is great for child psychiatric care in Iowa
Iowa faces a shortage of child psychiatrists with just 62 total for under 18 across 730,318 youths and only 14 counties hosting any in-state specialists. The UI center, funded by federal grants in 2021, provided 1,037 individual counseling sessions for 114 clients from 72 districts across 60 counties between Oct 2023 and Sept 2024, shifting now to a fee-for-service model with financial aid available to underserved families.
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Iowa
Elliott
American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry
National Academy
Indiana
Mississippi
Idaho
Wyoming
COVID
University
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