August 2022
Featuring the best of ETH Zurich in the news and media from journalists around the globe.
Ice-Covered Volcanoes Offer Secret Eruption Warning
...Standard seismic tools provide only a rough picture of what's happening beneath Iceland's ice-covered volcanoes. external pageETH Zurich seismologist Andreas Fichtner and his colleagues recently showed how the same ice sheets that hide these volcanoes can amplify otherwise undetectable seismic signals.call_made
Network assembly through cell division: How nerve cells in the brain connect during development
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Mirage, 26 August 2022, external pageNetwork assembly through cell divisioncall_made
UBS : Strategic partnership - ETH and UBS launch partnership to promote innovation and entrepreneurship
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Get to text, 25 August 2022, external pageUBS and ETH: New partnership and 40 million donationcall_made
Apple zero day vulnerability on the market for €8 million
ETH Zurich researcher from the Center for Security Studies, Max Smeets comments, external page"Many European countries won't buy zero day exploits, but there are a select number of countries that will buy them," Dr Smeets added. "This includes the US government, which has a huge budget, and the UK government and we know typically they are bought by the intelligence agencies like the CIA or the NSA, although as we see more countries establish military cyber commands they may be interested too."call_made
Before and after: These glaciers lost an area the size of Manhattan every 10 years since 1931
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Smithsonian Magazine, 25 August 2022, external pageSwiss Glaciers Shrank to Half Their Size Since 1931call_made
Independent, 23 August, 2022, external pageThe Swiss Alps have lost half their glaciers in 80 yearscall_made
Newsweek, 24 August 2022, external pageSwiss Glaciers Lost Half Their Volume Over 85 Years, Study Showscall_made
New York Metropolitan Magazine, 23 August 2022, external pageIn pictures: Swiss glaciers have shrunk by half in 85 years ¨C and the melt is speeding upcall_made
Sydney Morning Herald, 21 August 2022, external page¡®Off the charts¡¯: Glaciers in Europe experience extreme meltcall_made
POLITICO (article behind a paywall), 23 August 2022, external pageAlready shrunk by half, Swiss glaciers melting faster ¡ª studycall_made
France24, 22 August 2022, external pageSwiss glaciers shrink in half since 1931: studycall_made
EuroNews, 25 August 2022, external pageIn pictures: Swiss glaciers have shrunk by half in 85 years - and the melt is speeding upcall_made
Yahoo! News, 23 August 2022, external pageThe Swiss Alps have lost half their glaciers in 80 yearscall_made
Science Daily, 22 August 2022, external pageA historical perspective on glacial retreatcall_made
N World, 22 August 2022, external pageSwiss glaciers in retreat as scientists say volume has halved in 90 yearscall_made
News Click, 23 August 2022, external pageHalf of Swiss Glaciers Shrunk in Less Than a Centurycall_made
TechPost and Science, 23 August 2022, external pageA historical perspective on glacial retreatcall_made
Radio France International, 23 August 2022, external pageStudy shows Swiss glaciers have shrunk by half since 1930scall_made
Emerging Risks, 23 August 2022, external pageMelting glaciers deliver further evidence of climate crisiscall_made
Associated Press, 22 August 2022, external pageStudy: Already shrunk by half, Swiss glaciers melting fastercall_made
A quantum pump without the crank
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Phys.org, 22 August 2022, external pageA quantum pump without a crankcall_made
Ask by Geeks, 24 August 2022, external pageA quantum pump without the crankcall_made
ScienceDaily, 26 August 2022, external pageQuantum heat pump: A new measuring tool for physicistscall_made
Next Big Future, 31 August 2022, external pageQuantum Heat Pump Made From Particles of Lightcall_made
SpaceDaily, 30 August 2022, external pageA quantum pump without the crankcall_made
UK News Today, 28 August 2022, external pageQuantum heat pump: A new measuring tool for physicistscall_made
Synhelion produces First Solar Syngas in Wood¡¯s Industrial-Scale Reforming Reactor
ETH Zurich Spinoff, external pageSynhelion has become the first company in the world to succeed in producing syngas on an industrial scale using only solar heat as an energy source.call_made
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Fuel and Lubes, 22 August 2022, external pageSynhelion produces syngas on industrial scale using solar heatcall_made
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19 August 2022
Video Friday: Dark-Side Spot
external pageETH Zurich's ANYmal makes the IEEE weekly selection of awesome robot videos.call_made
Glaciers in Europe are experiencing the most severe melting on record
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Globe World News Echo, 17 August 2022, external pageResearchers are concerned about the rapid melting of the Rhone Glaciercall_made
All News Press, 16 August 2022, external pageConsequences of the climate crisis: A glacier like a cemeterycall_made
Not Accurate Enough: Scientists Remeasure the Gravitational Constant
external page¡°The only option for resolving this situation is to measure the gravitational constant with as many different methods as possible,¡± explains J¨¹rg Dual, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at ETH Zurich.call_made He and his colleagues conducted a new experiment to redetermine the gravitational constant and have now published their work in the prestigious journal Nature Physics.
Climate change: Drought highlights dangers for electricity supplies
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Daily Magazine, 13 August 2022, external pageClimate change: Drought highlights dangers for electricity suppliescall_made
E&T - Engineering & Technology, 15 August 2022, external pageEuropean heatwave could threaten UK electricity suppliescall_made
Nation World News, 18 August 2022, external pageWeather: It¡¯s raining ¨C but it¡¯s ¡°too late¡± for some treescall_made
Thawing Arctic hillsides are major climate change contributors
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Alaska Native News, 17 August 2022, external pageThawing Arctic hillsides are major climate change contributorscall_made
Mirage, 13 August 2022, external pageThawing Arctic hillsides are major climate change contributorscall_made
24HTECH, August 2022, external pageThawing Arctic hillsides are major climate change contributorscall_made
Additional news stories in July's "In the Media" page
Moon rocks found in Antarctica include tiny amounts of gas that may have come from Earth
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WIRED, 17 August 2022, external pageNew Evidence Points to the Moon Once Being Part of Earthcall_made
Science Alert, 12 August 2022, external pageThe Moon Stole Something From Deep Inside Earth Eons Ago, and Scientists Can Prove Itcall_made
AZO QUANTUM, 11 August 2022, external pageOne More Clue to the Moon¡¯s Origincall_made
PHYS.org, 10 August 2022, external pageOne more clue to the moon's origincall_made
ScienceDaily, 10 August 2022, external pageOne more clue to the Moon's origincall_made
UPI, 11 August 2022, external pageNew study of moon rocks finds they contain gases from Earthcall_made
TechGenyz, 11 August 2022, external pageNew Fact Proved Moon Inherited Chemical Elements From Earth¡¯s Interiorcall_made
IFL Science, 12 August 2022, external pageNoble Gases Discovery Strengthens Theory That The Moon Formed In A Colossal Impactcall_made
Technocharger, 12 August, 2022, external pageMoon origin? Secret revealed! Know how our moon was formedcall_made
The Register, 12 August 2022, external pageScientists find gasses from Earth in rocks from early Mooncall_made
ArchyNewsy, 13 August 2022, external pageAnother clue to the origin of the Mooncall_made
Interesting Engineering, 13 August 2022, external pageScientists find ¡®exciting¡¯ links of Moon¡¯s origin to Earth¡¯s mantlecall_made
The American Bazaar, 13 August 2022, external pageMoon¡¯s origin: Earth¡¯s signature gas discovered in lunaitescall_made
Tech Post and Science, 13 August 2022, external pageOne more clue to the moon¡¯s origincall_made
NewsNGR (Nigeria), 13 August 2022, external pageStudy offers one more clue to how our Moon was formed & More Latest News Herecall_made
TechCodex, 13 August 2022, external pageTraces of Indigenous Gas Found in Meteorite to Shed Light on Moon¡¯s Origincall_made
Vishva Times (India), 14 August 2022, external pageScientists shed new light on Moon's origincall_made
Futurity, 15 August 2022, external pageTeam finds new clue to the moon¡¯s origincall_made
Technocharger, 16 August 2022, external pageEarth¡¯s mantle, origin of Moon linked? See exciting giant impact findcall_made
Technocharger (Lifestyle), 16 August 2022, external pageNew study by scientists sheds light on the origin of the Mooncall_made
Universe Today, 15 August 2022, external pageLunar Rocks Have Earth's Noble Gases Trapped Inside. More Evidence That the Moon Came From the Earthcall_made
Greek Reporter (Greece), 16 August 2022, external pageNew Research Sheds Light on Moon¡¯s Origincall_made
Prokeraia, 14 August 2022, external pageScientists shed new light on Moon's origincall_made
The Science Times, 12 August 2022, external pageNoble Gases From Earth Found in Lunar Rocks, Representing One More Clue Towards the Moon's Origincall_made
Gadgets 360, 12 August 2022, external pageTraces of Indigenous Gas Found in Meteorite to Shed Light on Moon¡¯s Origincall_made
Tech Explorist, 13 August 2022, external pageStudy offers one more clue to how our Moon was formedcall_made
Aroged, 12 August 2022, external pageTraces of gases of terrestrial origin found in fragments of meteorites from the moon found in Antarcticacall_made
NewsTrace, 17 August 2022, external pageThe Moon was once part of Earth, according to new scientific evidencecall_made
Signs of the Times, 15 August 2022, external pageMore evidence that the moon came from the Earthcall_made
The Hindu, 20 August 2022, external pageDo we have new evidence of the Moon¡¯s origin linked to the Earth?call_made
FocusTechnica, 19 August 2022, external pageTeam Finds New Clue to the Moon¡¯s Origincall_made
INDIA TV, 22 August 2022, external pageHow was Moon formed? Scientists shed new lightcall_made
Hydrogel bandage uses ultrasound to better stick to the skin
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PHYS.org, 12 August 2022, external pageUsing sound and bubbles to make bandages stickier and longer lastingcall_made
BC Post (Canada), 15 August 2022, external pageScientists reveal using sound, bubbles make bandages stickier, durablecall_made
AXIS, 16 August 2022, external pageUsing Ultrasound to Make Adhesive Bandages Stickiercall_made
SwiftTelecast, 13 August 2022, external pageUsing sound and bubbles to make bandages stickier and longer lastingcall_made
Geeky News, 13 August 2022, external pageThe hydrogel dressing uses ultrasound to better adhere to the skincall_made
Canada Standard, 26 August 2022, external pageStudy finds bandages can be made stickier, durable by using sound, bubblescall_made
Design, products & applications, 17 August 2022, external pageAre ultrasound and bubbles the key to making bandages stickier?call_made
Mirage, 19 August 2022, external pageStrong adhesion thanks to cavitation bubblescall_made
CTV News Montreal, 22 August 2022, external pageThe science of sticky: Making bandages stay on longer with ultrasound wavescall_made
Electronic Specifier, 24 August 2022, external pageAn ultra-sound way to make bandages stickcall_made
Physics World, 26 September 2022, external pageBubbles make bandages stickiercall_made
Dead Bodies Keep Emerging From the Ice After Years Locked Away in Glaciers
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Nation World News, 7 August 2022, external pageMissing Entrepreneur or Missing Japanese Woman?call_made
Nation World News, 5 August 2022, external pageAletsch Glacier exposes parts of crashed planecall_made
Wildfires could release radioactive particles from nuclear sites
Christine Eriksen, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, speak's with Yale Climate Connections - 90 second podcast about how global warming and changing land use are increasing the threat of wildfires near many nuclear sites. external pageClick and scroll to episode, "Wildfires could release radioactive particles from nuclear sites" to listen.call_made
The syndicated podcast was aired on numerous radio stations in the U.S.
New Hydrogel to Extend the Shelf Life of Biologics
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AZO Materials, 5 August 2022, external pageHydrogel Extends Shelf Life of Vaccinescall_made
DailyBeast, 5 August 2022, external pageA Molecular ¡®Soccer Net¡¯ Can Keep Life-Saving Drugs Stablecall_made
New Atlas, 7 August 2022, external pageHydrogel casing keeps vaccines stable without refrigeration up to 150 ¡ãFcall_made
SciTech Daily, 8 August 2022, external pageExtending the Shelf Life of Vaccines ¨C Like ¡°Tupperware¡± for Proteinscall_made
Innovation Origins, 8 August 2022, external pageHydrogel improves vaccines¡¯ shelf lifecall_made
Archynewsy, 8 August 2022, external pageAlmost half of vaccines end up in the garbage. Losses are millionscall_made
Chipchick, 10 August 2022, external pageNewly Developed Hydrogel Can Extend Shelf-Life Of Crucial Vaccine Doses...call_made
BioTechniques - Life Sciences, 10 August 2022, external pageIncreasing vaccine thermal stability with PEG-based hydrogelscall_made
Cheraw Chronicle, 9 August 2022, external pageHydrogel keeps vaccination fluid nice and cool at low costcall_made
Archynetys, 14 August 2022, external pageFifty percent the vaccine is wasted. Gel can preserve them.call_made
DrugTargetReview, 26 August 2022, external pageHow to tackle the immense challenge of delivering vaccinescall_made
Europe battles water shortages as severe drought sweeps the continent
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News Azi, 6 August 2022, external pageEurope battles water shortages as severe drought sweeps the continentcall_made
At Long Last, Mathematical Proof That Black Holes Are Stable
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WIRED, 21 August 2022, external pageAt Long Last, Mathematical Proof That Black Holes Are Stablecall_made
Transcontinental Times (Spain), 23 August 2022, external pageEinstein is Right, Mathematical Evidence of Stable Rotating Black Holes Foundcall_made
Mice produce rat sperm with technique that could help conservation
Mice containing rat cells have produced rat sperm thanks to a modification technique that could be useful for conserving endangered species or creating hybrids. external pageThe technique could be developed to...eventually, says Ori Bar-Nur (ETH Zurich), to produce sperm or eggs of endangered or even extinct species. ¡°In theory, had we also had cells from an extinct species, you could utilise this to generate germ cells from that species.call_made
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ScienceDaily, 4 August 2022, external pageSterile mice produce rat spermcall_made
IFL Science, 4 August 2022, external pageSterile Mice Can Produce Rat Sperm With New Stem Cell Injectioncall_made
Popular Science, 4 August 2022, external pageThese sterile mice have been modified to make rat spermcall_made
Daily Beast, 4 August 2022, external pageHow Rat Sperm Grown in Mice Can Resurrect an Extinct Speciescall_made
Gismodo, 4 August 2022, external pageMale Mice Produce Rat Sperm in Novel Chimera Experimentcall_made
Physics.org, 4 August 2022, external pageSterile mice produce rat spermcall_made
World Nation, 4 August 2022, external pageMice produce rat sperm in a scientific experimentcall_made
Zipe Education, 13 August 2022, external pageRat Sperm Produced in Sterile Micecall_made
Medscape, 12 August 2022, external pageRat Sperm Produced in Sterile Mice: New Tech Could Help Us Grow Human Organs in Animalscall_made
Zenger, 12 August 2022, external pageScientists Create Mouse-Rat Chimera By Growing Rat Sperm Cells In Sterile Micecall_made
Wood Wide Web: The secret, ancient, internet of plants
external pageSince its discovery, the wood wide web has posed new questions about this subterranean social network that is nearly 500 million years old. Adding information to this growing research, Ecologist Thomas Crowther from ETH Zurich in Switzerlandcall_made and Biologist Kabir Peay from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California attempted to map the forest¡¯s underground ecosystem to better understand its implications.
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AlmoOon, 4 August 2022, external pageThe secret, ancient, internet of plantscall_made
First map of immune system connections reveals new therapeutic opportunities
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The Science Advisory Board, 4 August 2022, external pageFirst full map of immune system connections unlocks drug discovery opportunitiescall_made
New Atlas, 5 August 2022, external pageScientists create first full map of human immune system connectivitycall_made
Interesting Engineering, 6 August 2022, external pageThe first-ever complete map of immune system connections offers new pathways to therapiescall_made
TechLIVE, 7 August 2022, external pageMap of immune system connections reveals new therapeutic opportunitiescall_made
HeroMag, 7 August 2022, external pageThe first-ever complete map of immune system connections offers new pathways to therapiescall_made
Cambridge Independent, 12 August 2022, external pageUnique network map of immune system could direct scientists to new immunotherapies...call_made
Solar-to-Jet-Fuel System Readies for Takeoff
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Advanced Science News, 2 August 2022, external pageSolar kerosene: One giant leap for humankindcall_made
Chemical & Engineering News, 1 August 2022, external pageSolar-powered reactor converts CO? and water into jet fuelcall_made
HAPPY ECO NEWS, 4 August 2022, external pageSustainable Aviation Fuel From Solar Energy: Not A Dream Any Morecall_made
Archynewsy, 5 August 2022, external pageScientists can make jet fuel and diesel from the sun, CO2 and watercall_made
Advanced BioFuels USA, 8 August 2022, external pageSUN-to-LIQUID Project Publishes Successful Thermochemical Kerosene Production...call_made
Popular Mechanics, 9 August 2022, external pageThis Solar Tower Can Transform Water, Sunlight, and Carbon Dioxide Into Jet Fuelcall_made
Road and Track, 9 August, 2022, external pageThis Solar Tower Can Transform Water, Sunlight, and Carbon Dioxide Into Jet Fuelcall_made
Newsbreak, 11 August 2022, external pageThis Solar Tower Can Transform Water, Sunlight, and Carbon Dioxide Into Jet Fuelcall_made
SolarPaces, 10 August 2022, external pageHow ¡°Hot Solar¡± Aviation Fuel from H2O and CO2 Has Taken Offcall_made
Renewable Energy Magazine, 18 August 2022, external pageSynhelion produces solar syngas on an industrial scale for the first timecall_made
The Latest News, 17 August 2022, external pageKerosene from the sun: Synhelion produces synthesis gascall_made
The Chemical Engineer, 19 August 2022, external pageResearchers produce jet fuel from sunlight, CO2 and watercall_made
Nature Energy, 19 August 2022, external pageTower of achievementcall_made
Viable Earth, 21 August 2022, external pageSwiss scientists make sustainable jet fuel using just sunlight, water, and aircall_made
Further news "In the Media," July 2022
Forever chemicals are raining down all over the world
According to a study led by Stockholm University and external pageETH Zurich, the current levels of PFAS(Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in environmental media are now ubiquitously above guideline levels, defining a new planetary boundary for novel entities that has been exceeded. Martin Scheringer, a professor of Environmental Science at ETH Zurich comments.call_made
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Yahoo! News, 2 August 2022, external pageRainwater everywhere on Earth contains cancer-causing ¡®forever chemicals¡¯, study findscall_made
GREENWIRE, 2 August 2022, external pagePFAS found in rainwater in Antarctica and Tibetcall_made
GREENMATTERS, 2 August 2022, external pageForever Chemicals Have Rendered All Rainwater Unsafe to Drink Worldwidecall_made
Yahoo! News (UK), 3 August 2022, external pageRainwater everywhere in world 'unsafe to drink' due to cancer chemicalscall_made
World Nation, 4 August 2022, external pageRainwater is no longer potable anywhere on the planetcall_made
EasternEye, 4 August 2022, external pageRainwater contains cancer-causing ¡®forever chemicals¡¯, study findscall_made
CTV, 6 August 2022, external pagePFAS levels in rainwater have made it 'unsafe to drink' globally, even in remote areas: studycall_made
Digital Journal, 7 August 2022, external pageGlobal levels of ¡®forever chemicals¡¯ in rainwater make it unsafe to drink worldwidecall_made
Global News, 8 August 2022, external page¡®Forever chemicals¡¯ have made rainwater ¡®unsafe to drink¡¯ globally, says studycall_made
The New American, 9 August 2022, external page¡°Forever Chemicals¡± in Rainwater Worldwidecall_made
Vancouver Sun, 10 August 2022, external pageAre there toxic chemicals in B.C.'s drinking water? A UBC professor plans to find outcall_made
The Latch (Australia), 11, August, 2022, external pageRainwater Is No Longer Safe to Drink and We Need to Start Talking About Whose Fault It Iscall_made
USA Today (newspaper), 13 August 2022, external pageRainwater is now unsafe to drink worldwide because of 'forever chemicals,' study suggestscall_made
Toronto Sun, 21 August 2022, external pageRainwater not safe to drink ¡ª even in remote corners of the globe: Studycall_made
Intelligent Living, 19 August 2022, external page¡®Forever Chemicals¡¯ Make Global Rainwater Unsafe to Drinkcall_made
Envirotec Magazine, August 2022, external pageRainwater is no longer drinkable thanks to PFAS, say researcherscall_made
In addition, numerous radio broadcasts in the U.S., including well-known Time Warner, CBS, and Spectrum, reported on the story.
Researchers develop mass production technology for biodegradable microrobots
New technology expected to contribute to enhancing efficacy of regenerative medicine...A joint research team composed of scientists at DGIST, Seoul St. Mary¡¯s Hospital of The Catholic University of Korea and Swiss public university external pageETH Zurich came up with a method to produce over 100 biodegradable microrobots per minute, about 10,000 times faster than the existing technology of manufacturing medical microrobots.call_made
Melting glaciers and heatwaves make famous Alpine hiking routes impassable
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Guardian, 31 July 2022, external pageHeatwaves put classic Alpine hiking routes off-limitscall_made
Get to the Text, 4 August 2022, external pageCracks and landslides: the heat wave makes the ascent of Mont Blanc more dangerous than evercall_made
Researchers Use Entangled Particles as ¡°Secret Keys¡± for Quantum
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Homeland Security News Wire, 1 August 2022, external pageA Key Role for Quantum Entanglementcall_made
Photonics Online, 28 July 2022, external pageA Key Role For Quantum Entanglementcall_made
Further news reports can be found "In the Media" - July 2022
Affects AMD and Intel CPUs
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Kaspersky Daily, 16 August 2022, external pageRetbleed attack, or Spectre strikes backcall_made
5 foods for anti-aging
external pageSophie Chabloz, who has a MsC in Food Science, Nutrition & Health from ETH Z¨¹rich, and is the co-founder & CPO of Avea Life (opens in new tab), explains why our diets make such a difference to the aging process.call_made ¡°If you think about it, food is not only fuel for your body to produce energy but [it] also contains all the building blocks (the nutrients) that are needed to make new cells as old damaged ones are being replaced,¡± she says.
Carbon offsets alone won¡¯t make flying climate-friendly
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Grist, 11 August 2022, external pageCarbon offsets alone won¡¯t make flying climate-friendlycall_made
Pathogenic microbes in drying soils could present public health threat
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Earth.com, 29 July 2022, external pageDrying soils pose a major threat to public healthcall_made
ScienceNews.net, 29 July 2022, external pagePathogenic microbes in drying soils could present public health threatcall_made
Integrative Practiioner, 3 August 2022, external pageDry soils with pathogenic microbes may present public health threatcall_made
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