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Turning Plastic Waste Into Clean Fuel Using Sunlight

Scientists are advancing a promising solution to two of the world’s biggest challenges – plastic pollution and clean energy – by transforming waste plastics into valuable fuels using sunlight.

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Unprecedented Increase in Ice Melt in Greenland Due to Climate Change

A study led by the University of Barcelona and published in the journal Nature Communications shows that climate change has profoundly altered extreme episodes of melting of the Greenland ice sheet: it has made them more frequent, more extensive and more intense. 

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Airborne Microplastics May Be Warming the Planet

Tiny particles of plastic amassing in the atmosphere may be intensifying warming, according to new study. 

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How Oak Trees Outwit Their Predators

When oak trees are heavily damaged by caterpillars, they open buds later the following spring. 

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Integrated Land Planning Is Necessary to Meet Climate, Food and Biodiversity Goals

While the world is a big place, humans are making greater and greater demands on the same areas of land. 

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Earth’s Crust Is Tearing Apart off the Pacific Northwest—and That’s Not Necessarily Bad News

With unprecedented clarity, scientists have directly observed a subduction zone—the collision point where one tectonic plate dives beneath another—actively breaking apart. 

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How the Next El Niño Could Lock in a Hotter Climate

The Pacific Ocean is a giant climate cauldron, with a powerful heat engine that affects storms, fisheries and rainfall patterns half a world away, and scientists are watching closely to see if it’s about to boil over. 

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Snow Cover on Greek Mountains has More Than Halved in Four Decades, Study Finds

Snow cover in the mountains of Greece – an important water source for communities, agriculture and natural ecosystems during the dry summer months – has more than halved over the past four decades, a study has found.

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As Oceans Warm, Great White Sharks Are Overheating

The evolutionary edge that fueled great white shark dominance for millions of years could soon become its greatest downfall.

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A Faster way to Estimate AI Power Consumption

Due to the explosive growth of artificial intelligence, it is estimated that data centers will consume up to 12 percent of total U.S. electricity by 2028, according to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

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