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A Missing Piece in Climate Models: Nature’s Own Emissions

For decades, climate scientists have issued warnings about positive global warming feedbacks, vicious cycles in the Earth system in which rising temperatures from burning fossil fuels beget more warming.

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Dead Organisms Shape the Living World Long After They Perish, Research Shows

Death casts a shadow over life, not only for people but also other animals, plants and entire ecosystems.

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Global Rice Production Nearly Doubled Despite Climate Change, Driven Largely by Human Management

Global rice production nearly doubled between the 1960s and the 2010s, despite the negative impacts of climate change, according to a new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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Digitization of Centuries of Canadian Weather Records Promises to Improve Climate Understanding

Researchers have uncovered and digitized nearly two million 18th and 19th century weather observations from across Canada that offer new insights into how the country’s climate has changed over time.

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Scientist Creates ‘Mini Universe’ to Measure Time Without a Clock

Combining cold-atom experiments with ideas from stochastic thermodynamics and quantum gravity offers a new lab perspective on one of physics' oldest conundrums.

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From Speed to Stability: How Ageing Changes the Way We Walk

Reasons why our walking becomes slower and more tiring with age have been uncovered by new Australian research — with findings showing the body increasingly sacrifices efficiency to stay upright.

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A Shot of Carbon Dioxide Rewires How Cement Sets

New research reveals the chemical sequence triggered by CO₂ injection in cement paste, capturing a fleeting intermediate reaction for the first time using real-time Raman spectroscopy.

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Climate Change Presents New Challenges Regarding Water Regulation for Plants

How exactly do plants regulate their uptake and release of water during drought stress?

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NASA-European Sea Level Mission Homes in on El Niño

Sea level data from a satellite launched by NASA and European partners shows that a swell of warm water hundreds of miles wide has arrived in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America, a sign that El Niño will likely emerge later in the year. 

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From Trash to Climate Tech: Rubber Gloves Find New Life as Carbon Capturers Materials

Millions of rubber gloves end up in incineration or landfill, but researchers at Aarhus University have now developed a technology that can turn the used gloves into a way to capture CO₂. 

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