Bold New Jersey Shore Flood Rules Could Be Blueprint for Entire U.S. Coast

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August 23, 2022

Climate Change Bold New Jersey Shore Flood Rules Could Be Blueprint for Entire U.S. Coast Coastal flood zones where development is restricted will be based on future climate change projections, not past floods By Thomas Frank,E&E News

Space Exploration NASA's Moon-Bound Megarocket Will Send a Spacecraft to an Asteroid, Too The launch of NASA's Artemis I mission will also be the start of the first deep-space rendezvous to be conducted by a solar-sail-propelled spacecraft By Steven Ashley

Engineering Sandcastle Engineering: A Geotechnical Engineer Explains How Water, Air and Sand Create Solid Structures Building the ultimate sandcastle By Joseph Scalia,The Conversation US

Memory Eye Tests May Help Diagnose Alzheimer's Disease A host of different retinal exams are being evaluated as potential Alzheimer's screening methods By Diana Kwon

Climate Change New Tool Helps Predict Where Wildfire Smoke Will Blow Scientists are working on ways to better anticipate the pathways—and health dangers—of drifting wildfire smoke By John Fialka,ClimateWire

Space Exploration NASA Unveils Candidate Landing Sites for Artemis Astronauts When humans return to the moon, they'll likely visit one of these thirteen regions near the moon's south pole By Meghan Bartels,SPACE.com

Mental Health Children's Risk of Suicide Increases on School Days Unlike in adults, suicide risk among children is lowest during the summer and higher during the school year. Understanding these patterns can help prevent and treat suicidality By Tyler Black

Health Care We Need More Health Clinics at Schools In-school clinics improve well-being and educational outcomes and serve children who need them most By The Editors

Climate Change Climate Change Actions Are Far More Popular Than People in U.S. Realize "False social reality" obscures widespread U.S. support for climate protection measures By Robin Lloyd

Astrophysics Astronomers Reveal New Details of How Stars Devour Planets Surprisingly, some worlds can survive being engulfed by a sunlike star when it swells to become a red giant By Nola Taylor Tillman

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