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Too Little Sleep—and Too Much—Associated with Faster Aging

An analysis of biological clocks throughout the human body suggests that too few hours of sleep—and too many—may speed aging in the brain, heart, lung, and immune system and is associated with a wide range of diseases.

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Mountain Formation Explains the Antarctic Ice Sheet Mystery

Scientists have uncovered why Antarctica became engulfed by ice millions of years before the Arctic.

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Greenland Glacier Break Creates New Ice Island

Researchers say two more large calving events are likely.

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Soil Bacteria Protect Wheat From Pathogenic Fungus

Their study, published in the journal NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes, paves the way for the development of inoculants that can be used in agriculture.

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Wildfires Don’t Just Pollute the Air, Rain May Turn its Smoke into Fertilizer

Wildfire smoke is usually discussed as an airborne pollutant and a threat to human health. But when smoke and rain coincide, nutrients released by burned landscapes rain back down.

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WVU AI Research Could Transform How Scientists Monitor Ecosystems

With help from artificial intelligence, West Virginia University researchers are speeding up environmental scientists’ access to time-sensitive data about ecosystem health, allowing experts to respond rapidly to events like droughts or wildfires.

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Are Subsea Oil and Gas Pipelines a Previously Unrecognised Source of Ocean Microplastics?

Decommissioning pipelines used by the oil and gas industry could result in substantial quantities of microplastics being released into the UK’s marine environment annually, a new study has suggested.

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Mountain Hayfields Can Filter Nutrients and Support Clean Water

Irrigated mountain hayfields can act as large filtration systems that reduce sediment, phosphorus and other contaminants from runoff, sometimes improving the quality of water flowing back into the environment, Colorado State University research has found.

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Natural Restoration Is Key to Reviving Threatened Tropical Rainforests

As nations race to restore ecosystems and curb climate change, research has shown that letting nature do the work is a cost-effective and viable solution. 

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Dark Boreal Forests of Canada Absorb Enough Heat to Cancel Up to a Fifth of Their Climate Benefit, Scientists Warn

Dense evergreen plantations in Canada’s boreal forest absorb so much winter sunlight that the resulting surface warming can offset 6 to 20 percent of the climate benefit they are credited with. 

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