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Rising Heat Waves Tied to Fossil Fuel and Cement Production

According to ETH Zurich climate researchers, greenhouse gas emissions from major fossil fuel and cement producers are significant contributors to the occurrence and intensity of heat waves. 

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Lightning to Spark More Wildfires in Western Us in Coming Decades

New study finds increasing hot weather and lightning could spark more fires.

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New Species Survival Commission Fills Critical Gap in Conservation

Group to examine potential extinction of microbes essential to planetary and human health.

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Volcanic Emissions of Reactive Sulfur Gases May Have Shaped Early Mars Climate, Making It More Hospitable To Life

While the early Mars climate remains an open question, a new study suggests its atmosphere may have been hospitable to life due to volcanic activity which emitted sulfur gases that contributed to a greenhouse warming effect.

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AI Satellite Survey Challenges Long-standing Estimates of Serengeti Wildebeest Numbers

A pioneering study led by the University of Oxford in collaboration with international partners has applied AI for the first time to count the Great Wildebeest Migration from satellite images. 

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New Project Aims to Unlock Next Generation Cathode Materials for Tomorrow’s Batteries

The University of Oxford is to lead a new £3 million project to develop novel cathode materials for future lithium-ion batteries.

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NASA to Share Details of New Perseverance Mars Rover Finding

A news conference this morning will focus on the analysis of a rock sampled by the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover last year, which is the subject of a forthcoming science paper.

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Scientists Uncover Extreme Life Inside the Arctic Ice

For the first time, researchers report that Arctic algae can hustle along in -15 C – the lowest-temperature movement ever recorded in complex, living cells. 

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Cloudy Cluster

This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features a cloudy starscape from an impressive star cluster. 

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Decades-Old Barrels of Industrial Waste Still Impacting Ocean Floor Off LA

Initially thought to contain the pesticide DDT, study reveals some barrels contained caustic alkaline waste.

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