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The Disintegration of Iceberg A-68A

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Iceberg A-68A Migration Course, European Space Agency (ESA); CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO , Link Mega iceberg releases 152 billion tonnes of fresh water into ocean (Press Release, University of Leeds UK ; 20 January 2022) https://www.leeds.ac.uk/news-environment/news/article/4997/mega-iceberg-released-152-billion-tonnes-of-fresh-water-into-ocean Featured Research Article: Observing the disintegration of the A68A iceberg from space (BRAAKMAN-FOLGMANN et al ., 2022) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425721005757/pdfft?isDTMRedir=true&download=true Supplementary Video 1 (BRAAKMANN-FOLGMANN et al., 2022) https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0034425721005757-mmc1.mp4

Earth inhales and exhales carbon in mesmerizing animation | LiveScience

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Credit:   Markus REICHSTEIN, Max PLANCK Institute for Biogeochemistry ; CC Licenses ,  Link Earth inhales and exhales carbon in mesmerizing animation (Stephanie PAPPAS, LiveScience ; January 13, 2022) https://www.livescience.com/carbon-sinks-globe-animation Websites : Research Group: Model-Data Integration ( Department of Biogeochemical Integration - Max PLANCK Institute for Biogeochemistry) https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/bgi/index.php/Research/ModelDataFusion Markus REICHSTEIN, Director  ( Department of Biogeochemical Integration - Max PLANCK Institute for Biogeochemistry) https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/bgi/index.php/People/MarkusReichstein

Study: Safe drinking water remains out of reach for many Californians

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(Kara MANKE, Berkeley News ; January 11, 2022) https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/01/11/study-safe-drinking-water-remains-out-of-reach-for-many-californians/ Featured Research Article: Inequities in Drinking Water Quality Among Domestic Well Communities and Community Water Systems, California, 2011-2019 (PACE et al. , 2021) https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306561 Old Fashion Faucet , Cicinature ; CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link Website: Drinking Water Quality Tool  ( Community Water Center ) https://drinkingwatertool.communitywatercenter.org/ca-water/

Transition Metals and Atmospheric Aerosol Chemistry

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Portrait of Global Aerosols (NASA) ; Link Selected Research Articles: Open questions of transition metals driving secondary thermal processes in atmospheric aerosols (AL-ABADLEH and NIZKORODOV, 2021) https://www.nature.com/articles/s42004-021-00616-w Aging of atmospheric aerosols and the role of iron in catalyzing brown carbon formation (AL-ABADLEH, 2021) https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2021/ea/d1ea00038a A Review on the Bulk and Surface Chemistry of Iron in Atmospherically-relevant Systems Containing Humic Like Substances (HULIS) [AL-ABADLEH, 2015] https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=chem_faculty Also... Aerosol Mixing State:  Measurements, Modeling and Impacts (RIEMER et al. , 2019) https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2018RG000615 Website :  Aerosol Optical Thickness [ NASA Earth Observations (NEO) ] https://neo.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=MODAL2_M_AER_OD