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• The price tag of phasing-out coal
  Coal phase-out is necessary to solve climate change, but can have negative impacts on workers and local communities dependent on coal for their livelihoods. Researchers have studied government plans for coal phase-out around the world and discovered that more than half of such plans include monetary compensation to affected parties. This planned compensation globally amounts […]
• Research explores ways to mitigate the environmental toxicity of ubiquitous silver nanoparticles
  Researchers have taken a key step toward closing the silver nanoparticles knowledge gap with a study that indicates the particles' shape and surface chemistry play key roles in how they affect aquatic ecosystems.
• Clues from deep magma reservoirs could improve volcanic eruption forecasts
  New research into molten rock 20km below the Earth's surface could help save lives by improving the prediction of volcanic activity.