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Beaver Activity in the Arctic Increases Emission of Methane Greenhouse Gas

The climate-driven advance of beavers into the Arctic tundra is causing the release of more methane — a greenhouse gas — into the atmosphere.

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From Carbon Sink to Source: The Stark Changes in Arctic Lakes

For millennia, lakes in Greenland’s dry tundra have locked up huge loads of carbon in their sediment.

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Floating Sea Farms: A Solution to Feed the World and Ensure Freshwater by 2050

The sun and the sea – both abundant and free – are being harnessed in a unique project to create vertical sea farms floating on the ocean that can produce fresh water for drinking and agriculture.

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Waterloo Researchers Make a Significant Step Towards Reliably Processing Quantum Information

Using laser light, researchers have developed the most robust method currently known to control individual qubits made of the chemical element barium.

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University of Houston Researchers Charting a Sustainable Course in Oceanic Carbon Capture

As researchers around the world race against time to develop new strategies and technologies to fight climate change, a team of scientists at the University of Houston is exploring one possible way to directly reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the environment: Negative emissions technologies (NETs).

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Climate Change can Alter the Risk of Succumbing to Infectious Diseases

The new study compiled information on the occurrence of over 75 pathogenic microbes across Europe from almost 400 bird- and 40 bat species.

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Heatwaves Hitting Antarctica too Now

The world saw another year full of extreme weather events resulting from climate change in 2022, from intense storms to soaring temperatures and rising sea levels. Antarctica was no exception, according to new research published this week.

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How to Prevent Biofilms in Space

After exposure in space aboard the International Space Station, a new kind of surface treatment significantly reduced the growth of biofilms, scientists report.

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Stratospheric Cooling: The Concerning Flip Side of Global Warming

UCLA-led research finds human-generated greenhouse gases are responsible for the troubling changes in upper atmosphere.

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Using Artificial Methods for Growing Crops Could Help Solve Global Food Security

Artificial methods of growing lettuce produce twice the amount of the crop as traditional field-based methods, according to a new study from the University of Surrey. 

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