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FAU Joins First Global Effort to Map Microplastics in Ocean Systems

Marine plastic pollution is a global crisis, with 9 to 14 million metric tons of plastic entering the ocean every year. 

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Extreme Rainfall – A Long-Standing Hypothesis on Temperature Dependence Finally Settled?

Flash floods resulting from extreme rainfall pose a major risk to people and infrastructure, especially in urban areas. 

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Keeping Tabs on Native Forests

Like farmland in Australia, native forests struggle with drought and flooding, so future management decisions need more sophisticated systems to monitor and manage their water needs.

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How Math Helps to Protect Crops From Invasive Disease

UTA research unveils a math model to predict toxic crop fungi, potentially saving Texas farmers billions in losses.

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Wildfire Maps Help Firefighters in Real Time

A NASA sensor recently brought a new approach to battling wildfire, providing real-time data that helped firefighters in the field contain a blaze in Alabama. 

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High-Wire Act: Soft Robot Can Carry Cargo Up and Down Steep Aerial Wires

Researchers have created a light-powered soft robot that can carry loads through the air along established tracks, similar to cable cars or aerial trams. 

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A Vast Molecular Cloud, Long Invisible, Is Discovered Near Solar System

The detection of the celestial body by a Rutgers-led team could redefine understanding of interstellar medium.

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Dusty Days Are Here Again for El Paso

Spring and early summer are generally dusty in the Borderplex region of the Chihuahuan Desert—a transnational area that spans parts of southern New Mexico, West Texas, and the Mexican state of Chihuahua. 

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Study Reveals How Wet Soils Can Amplify Heatwaves in Vulnerable Regions

Hardly a month goes by without a heatwave occurring somewhere on our planet: January? Australia.

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Restoring Oil Wells Back to Nature With Moss

In what could represent a milestone in ecological restoration, researchers have implemented a method capable of restoring peatlands at tens of thousands of oil and gas exploration sites in Western Canada.

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