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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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New Method to Raise Investment Funds for Projects that Restore Coastal Wetlands for Climate Adaptation

The Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has partnered with The Nature Conservancy to develop a new tool for funding wetland conservation and restoration projects through verifiable “Coastal Resilience Assets.”

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The Colorado River Disappeared From the Geological Record for 5 Million Years. Scientists Now Know Where it Went

When drought grips the African savanna, an aging elephant matriarch leads her herd to water she remembers from decades past.

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