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Besieged in Their Native California, Giant Sequoias Are Thriving in Britain

Worsening drought and wildfires in California are pushing giant sequoias, the biggest trees on Earth, into decline.

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Climate Engine Launches New Website to Facilitate Drought and Vegetation Monitoring

ClimateEngine.org is an innovative tool that provides satellite and climate data in a user-friendly manner to facilitate water conservation, wildfire risk management, agricultural productivity monitoring, and ecological restoration. 

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Range-Shifting Fishes Are Climate-Change Losers, According to New Research

The warming of the Earth’s oceans due to climate change is affecting where the world’s fishes live, eat and spawn — and often in ways that can negatively impact their populations. 

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Researchers Discover a Coral Superhighway in the Indian Ocean

Despite being scattered across more than a million square kilometres, new research has revealed that remote coral reefs across the Seychelles are closely related. 

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Air Filters and Scheduled Window Opening Can Reduce Classroom Pollution by up to 36% – Surrey Study

To improve air quality in classrooms, schools should use air purifiers during the school day and schedule window openings after hours. 

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Smaller, More Powerful Stretchable Electronics for Wearables and Implantables

Small wearable or implantable electronics could help monitor our health, diagnose diseases, and provide opportunities for improved, autonomous treatments.

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Methane Emissions from U.S. Oil and Gas Operations Cost the Nation $10 Billion Per Year

Oil and gas operations across the United States are emitting more than 6 million tons per year of methane, the main component of natural gas and the most abundant greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide, according to Stanford-led research published March 13 in Nature.

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Marine Heat Waves Disrupt the Ocean Food Web in the Northeast Pacific Ocean

Marine heat waves in the northeast Pacific Ocean create ongoing and complex disruptions of the ocean food web that may benefit some species but threaten the future of many others, a new study has shown.

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With Discovery of Roundworms, the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem Just Got More Interesting

Scientists have long suspected nematodes, commonly known as roundworms, inhabit Utah’s Great Salt Lake sediments, but until recently, no one had actually recovered any there.

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Charging up the Commute

A team of researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory demonstrated that a light-duty passenger electric vehicle can be wirelessly charged at 100-kW with 96% efficiency using polyphase electromagnetic coupling coils with rotating magnetic fields.

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