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Humans Have Driven the Earth’s Freshwater Cycle Out of Its Stable State

New analysis shows that the global freshwater cycle has shifted far beyond pre-industrial conditions.

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UMaine Researchers Use Gps-Tracked Icebergs in Novel Study to Improve Climate Models

Over the last four decades, warming climate and ocean temperatures have rapidly altered the Greenland Ice Sheet, creating concern for marine ecosystems and weather patterns worldwide. 

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UMass Amherst Scientists Propose New Method for Tracking Elusive Origins of CO2 Emissions From Streams

A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst that specializes in accounting for the carbon dioxide release by streams, rivers and lakes recently demonstrated that the chemical process known as “carbonate buffering” can account for the majority of emissions in highly alkaline waters.

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Small Dietary Changes Can Cut Your Carbon Footprint by 25%

McGill researchers find evidence that partially replacing red and processed meat with plant protein foods can increase lifespan and mitigate climate change.

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Lake Ecosystems: Nitrogen Has Been Underestimated

An ecological imbalance in a lake can usually be attributed to increased nutrient inputs. 

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PSU Study Sheds Light on 2020 Extreme Weather Event That Brought Fires and Snow to Western U.S.

The same weather system that led to the spread of the devastating Labor Day wildfires in 2020 brought record-breaking cold and early-season snowfall to parts of the Rocky Mountains. 

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Radiation from Massive Stars Shapes Nascent Planetary Systems

NASA has released the first stunning images of the Orion Nebula from the James Webb Space Telescope in a study in the journal Science that shows with unprecedented precision how massive stars impact the formation of planetary systems.

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Startup Accelerates Progress Toward Light-Speed Computing

Our ability to cram ever-smaller transistors onto a chip has enabled today’s age of ubiquitous computing.

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Great Lakes Ice Cover Hits New Lows

On the North American Great Lakes, ice cover usually peaks in late February or early March. But currently, the lakes are nearly ice-free.

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Oregon State Leads Effort to Expand Ocean Oxygen Monitoring Sensor Use in Fishing Industry

Oregon State University researchers are leading an effort to refine the design and expand use of oxygen monitoring sensors that can be deployed in fishing pots to relay critical information on changing ocean conditions to the fishing industry.

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