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Falling Ice Drives Glacial Retreat in Greenland

The Greenland ice sheet is melting at an increasing rate, a process accelerated by glacier calving, in which huge chunks of ice break free and crash into the sea, generating large waves that push warmer water to the surface.

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Solving a Dirty Problem with Sunlight and Oil

Wastewater can contain many harmful substances, but a new method enables researchers to purify this water using sunlight and droplets of oil.

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Droughts Have Minimal Effect on Tropical Tree Growth – but Climate Change Worsening Tree Mortality

20,000 tree ring samples shows remarkable growth resilience to droughts, but tree death could result in equivalent of Germany’s annual CO2 emissions.

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People Who Move to More Walkable Cities Do, in Fact, Walk Significantly More

Study after study shows that walking is very good for those who are able, and generally more is better. 

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New Method to Synthesize Carbohydrates Could Pave the Way to Biomedical Advances

Carbohydrate is a familiar term. It’s the bagel you had for breakfast, the bread in your sandwich, the slice of cake you’re thinking about sneaking later today. 

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Cornell Chemists Tackle Climate Change

As the need to find climate change solutions becomes ever more urgent, Cornell chemists are leading the way with innovative and far-reaching discoveries, including better electric batteries, carbon capture technologies, renewable plastics and improvements in solar cells. 

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Some Young Suns Are Aligned with Their Planet-forming Disks, Others Are Born Tilted

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara, The University of Texas at Austin, Yale University and National Taiwan Normal University have found that a fair number of sun-like stars emerge with their rotational axis tilted with respect to their protoplanetary disks, the clouds of gas and dust from which solar systems are born.

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Niagara County Orchard Helps Grow Cornell ag Innovation

Bittner-Singer Orchards, a 400-acre farm in Niagara County along the shores of Lake Ontario, has been growing fruit for over a century.

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World-First Study to Revolutionise Care of Endangered Species

A world-first study has catalogued the scientific evidence behind animal management, to help zoos and aquariums make decisions based on the best available science.

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