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Sustainable Plastics From Agricultural Waste

EPFL scientists have developed a sustainable method to make high-performance plastics from agricultural leftovers, turning them into valuable materials.

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Oregon State Researchers Take Deep Dive into How Much Water is Stored in Snow

A heavy snowpack is fun for skiers and sledders, and it also acts like an open-air storage tank that melts away to provide water for drinking, irrigation and other purposes during dry months.

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Heat Stress on the Great Barrier Reef

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has been hit by widespread coral bleaching caused by heat stress, government officials confirmed on March 8, 2024.

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How Lightly Grazed Lands Can Lock Away Huge Sums of Carbon

A new study finds that scaling back grazing on most pastureland worldwide would dramatically increase the amount of carbon stored in soils.

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An Underwater Plume From Kavachi

Kavachi is one of the most active submarine volcanoes in the Pacific.

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Study Shows a Healthy Diet is Linked with a Slower Pace of Aging, Reduced Dementia Risk

A healthier diet is associated with a reduced dementia risk and slower pace of aging, according to a new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and The Robert Butler Columbia Aging Center. 

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Tsetse Fly Fertility Damaged After Just One Heatwave, Study Finds

The fertility of both female and male tsetse flies is affected by a single burst of hot weather, researchers at the University of Bristol and Stellenbosch University in South Africa have found.

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Illinois Study: Tropical Birds Could Tolerate Warming Better Than Expected

Consider the globe, spinning silently in space. Its poles and its middle, the equator, remain relatively stable, thermally speaking, for the duration of Earth’s annual circuit around the sun. 

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Antarctic Sea Ice at Near-Historic Lows

In the waters around Antarctica, ice coverage in 2024 shrank to near-historic lows for the third year in a row. 

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Diverse Habitats Help Salmon Weather Unpredictable Climate Changes

Restored salmon habitat should resemble financial portfolios, offering fish diverse options for feeding and survival so that they can weather various conditions as the climate changes, a new study shows.

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