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The Real Way A Fictional Planet Could End All Life On Earth

Forbes |
UCR astrophysicist Stephen Kane conducted an experiment to see what would happen if our solar system had an extra planet, a "super-Earth" in between the sizes of Earth and Neptune. The results were mostly disastrous for this planet. 
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‘Incrementally’ Moving Away From Police

Inside Higher Ed |
UC Riverside is recognized for efforts to decrease the number of police responses on campus, efforts which come in part from work done in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder by police in 2020.
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Breathing Is Going To Get Harder; This Is Why

MSN |
UCR earth and planetary scientists Robert Allen and James Gomez warn that rising global temperatures will lead to an increase in air pollution from natural sources.
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What You Should Know About Superblooms

Discover Magazine |
Richard Minnich, UCR professor of Earth sciences, notes that "superbloom" is a subjective term, and not one coined by ecologists or botanists. 
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Barbershops, churches in Inland Empire Black community get blood pressure machines

The Press Enterprise |
Mario Sims, social medicine, population and public health professor, says placing blood pressure machines and offering education in barbershops is a step in the right direction.
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$850,000 grant raises profile of Riverside’s pioneering Koreatown

The Press Enterprise |
Edward Chang, professor of ethnic studies, and his students at UCR's Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies, discovered evidence of a long-forgotten settlement of Korean American migrants in Riverside. Now, the Mellon Foundation has given UCR $850,000 to bolster the research and increase awareness of America's first known Koreatown.
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Soil Tainted by Air Pollution Expels Carbon

U.S. Office of Science |
New research from UCR environmental scientists Peter Homyak and Johann Püspök suggests nitrogen released by gas-powered machines causes dry soil to let go of carbon & release it back into the atmosphere.
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Are coffee pods really eco-friendly? The truth behind the surprising findings

The Guardian |
Andrew Gray, an assistant professor of watershed hydrology at UCR, says studies of coffee pods' carbon footprint are important. However, he says many such studies may overlook some of the pods' other potential impacts on the environment through the production of plastic pollution.