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Texas A&M-Galveston Returns Rare Sea Turtle To Gulf Of Mexico

Nearly two years after Tally the turtle washed up on a beach in the UK, scientists from the Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research helped reintroduce her to her natural habitat.

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Earth’s Electrons May Be Forming Water on the Moon

Understanding the concentrations and distributions of water on the Moon is critical to understanding its formation and evolution, and to providing water resources for future human exploration. 

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Study Finds Significant Chemical Exposures in Women With Cancer

Clear link between PFAS, BPA exposures and a prior cancer diagnosis found in large national study.

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Research Analyzes Relationship Between Agriculture, Emergence of New Diseases

Researchers propose new framework to understand intersection of disease spread between humans and animals, disease emergence and land use change.

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Pearl Harbor: Bombed Battleships’ Boost for Climate Science

Weather data from several ships bombed by Japanese pilots at Pearl Harbor has been recovered in a rescue mission that will help scientists understand how the global climate is changing.

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Road Hazard: Evidence Mounts on Toxic Pollution from Tires

For two decades, researchers worked to solve a mystery in West Coast streams.

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DOE Backs Rice Study of How Soils Store Carbon

Two Rice University scientists have received a 3-year grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) to investigate a form of carbon storage that is as little understood as it is ubiquitous: soil.

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'Getting a Handle' on a Potent Climate Threat

Spending days camping in a mosquito-filled swamp on the Indonesian island of Borneo, Alison Hoyt's goal was to measure methane emissions in tropical wetlands – one of the largest sources of the potent greenhouse gas.

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