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Canadian Wildfire Smoke Prompts Air Quality Alerts Across the Great Lakes Region – The New York Times

Canadian Wildfire Smoke Prompts Air Quality Alerts Across the Great Lakes Region  The New York Times Smoky skies continue Friday, air quality improving gradually by Saturday  MPR News Why is the air quality bad today in Iowa? Air quality alert issued as more smoke moves in  The Des Moines Register Millions Told to Monitor Themselves for Coughing, Dizziness  Newsweek Canadian wildfire smoke will continue …

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Living cells could form in lakes on Saturn’s moon Titan, study says

Living cells could form in lakes on Saturn’s moon Titan, study says

In the search for life beyond Earth, few places are as intriguing as Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. It’s the only spot in the solar system where there are lakes and seas on the surface – only they’re not made of water. Titan’s lakes overflow with liquid methane and ethane, producing a cold, bizarre, and mysterious world. Scientists have been exploring …

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Texas Flood Recovery Turns Focus to Lakes : NPR

Texas Flood Recovery Turns Focus to Lakes : NPR

The dam on the Guadalupe River that forms Nimitz Lake, the city of Kerrville’s primary water reservoir. County commissioners say they have a plan to drain at least one of the artificial reservoirs along the river, to facilitate the search for human remains and hazardous debris following the flash flood of July 4. Martin Kaste hide caption toggle caption Martin …

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The precursors of life could form in the lakes of Saturn’s moon Titan

The precursors of life could form in the lakes of Saturn’s moon Titan

NASA scientists have found that cell-like compartments called vesicles, needed to form the precursors of living cells, could form in the lakes of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. These lakes and Titan‘s seas are filled with liquid hydrocarbons like ethane and methane rather than water. And though we know water is a key ingredient of life on Earth, astrobiologists have theorized …

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