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Antarctic Ice Sheet May Be Less Vulnerable Than Previously Thought

To understand how warming could impact Antarctica, experts are looking to the past, to a time more than 100,000 years ago when the Antarctic was around 3 degrees C warmer than it is now.

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Generating Electricity From Tacky Tape

Zaps of static electricity might be a wintertime annoyance, but to certain scientists, they represent an untapped source of energy. 

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Toxic Grime: Wildfire Smoke Can Deposit Toxins on Cities Hundreds of Kilometres Away, Researchers Find

Plumes of wildfire smoke can carry contaminants hundreds of kilometres, leaving a lingering toxic footprint that has the potential to be re-released into the environment, McMaster researchers show.

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Ventilation in Hospitals Could Cause Viruses to Spread Further

Increased use of ventilation and air cleaners, designed to mitigate the spread of viral infections in hospitals, is likely to have unpredictable effects and may cause viral particles to move around more, according to a new study from researchers at UCL and UCLH.

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Low-Level Traffic Air Pollution Linked to Liver Damage and Fatty Liver Disease

Traffic-related air pollution harms the liver and may raise the risk of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease, a new study in mice suggests.

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Otago Scientists Discover Antarctic Fast Ice Secrets

Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka scientists have successfully analysed more than 30 years of vital data on the thickness of landfast sea ice in Antarctica’s McMurdo Sound, which will prove useful to measure future impacts of climate change.

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New Atom-Based Thermometer Measures Temperature More Accurately

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a new thermometer using atoms boosted to such high energy levels that they are a thousand times larger than normal. 

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Optical Fiber Sensor Provides Simple and Sensitive Detection of Arsenic in Drinking Water

Researchers have developed a new optical sensor that provides a simple way to achieve real-time detection of extremely low levels of arsenic in water. 

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Polar Bear Population Decline the Direct Result of Extended ‘Energy Deficit’ Due to Lack of Food

U of T Scarborough researchers have directly linked population decline in polar bears living in Western Hudson Bay to shrinking sea ice caused by climate change.

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Ancient Antarctic Ice Loss Offers Insights into Future Climate Scenarios

Scientists from the University of Cambridge and British Antarctic Survey have used ice core records to draw new conclusions about how Antarctica was affected by increased global temperatures over 100,000 years ago.

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