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New Study Assesses Impact of Agricultural Research Investments on Biodiversity, Land Use

New, groundbreaking research shows how, at a local scale, agricultural research and development led to improved crop varieties that resulted in global benefits to the environment and food system sustainability.

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Discovery of Water Droplet Freezing Steps Bridges Atmospheric Science, Climate Solutions

A groundbreaking University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa study on the freezing of water droplets suspended in air sheds light on a key process in Earth’s water cycle: the transformation of supercooled water into ice.

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Groundwater in the Arctic is Delivering More Carbon into the Ocean Than Was Previously Known

A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska’s tundra is releasing huge quantities of carbon into the ocean, where it can contribute to climate change, according to new research out of The University of Texas at Austin.

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Not-so Snowy Alaska

A spell of unseasonably warm weather in winter 2024–2025 has meant less snow for parts of the normally frozen state of Alaska.

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Burn Grasslands to Maintain Them: What Is Good for Biodiversity?

As grasslands get abandoned, controlled burning is discussed as a labor-saving method of keeping forests at bay.

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Life Cycles of Some Insects Adapt Well to a Changing Climate. Others, Not So Much.

Grasshoppers that overwinter as juveniles have a head start on those that emerge in the spring.

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How Does the Atmosphere Affect Ocean Weather?

New research reveals the surprising ways atmospheric winds influence ocean eddies, shaping the ocean’s weather patterns in more complex ways than previously believed.

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Recycling Lithium-Ion Batteries Delivers Significant Environmental Benefits

When hurricane-force winds whipped through Los Angeles County in early January 2025, the hills had ample fuels available to feed a wildland fire.

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The Allure of Searles Lake Salts

For decades, rockhounds gathered each year at Searles Lake in the Mojave Desert of southeastern California. Wielding crowbars and pickaxes, they hunted for showy deposits of minerals such as halite, trona, calcite, and dolomite.

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India Doubled its Tiger Population in a Little More Than a Decade

The number of tigers in India roughly doubled in a little more than a decade, a conservation success that is due in part to communities learning to live alongside the animals, new research finds.

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