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Powerful Answers to Energy Questions May Be Blowing in the Wind

UBC Okanagan researchers study how wind farms can change airstream patterns.

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Green Steel From Toxic Red Mud

An economical process with green hydrogen can be used to extract CO2-free iron from the red mud generated in aluminium production.

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Vitamin B12 Adaptability in Antarctic Algae Has Implications for Climate Change

Vitamin B12 deficiency in people can cause a slew of health problems and even become fatal. 

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Longitudinal Study Links PFAS Contamination With Teas, Processed Meats and Food Packaging

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC studied how dietary patterns relate to levels of so-called forever chemicals in the body over time.

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Currently Stable Parts of East Antarctica May Be Closer to Melting Than Anyone Realized

Stanford researchers have found large thawed or close-to-thawed areas under coastal portions of the ice sheet that holds back glaciers in the Wilkes Subglacial Basin.

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Ultra-Sensitive Lead Detector Could Significantly Improve Water Quality Monitoring

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed an ultra-sensitive sensor made with graphene that can detect extraordinarily low concentrations of lead ions in water. 

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Fencing Young Mussels for Ecosystem Restoration

The restoration of mussel beds in the Wadden Sea or the Delta is a lot more successful when young mussels are helped a little with low, protective fences on the bottom. 

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Greenland’s Biggest Losers

The Greenland Ice Sheet has shed about one-fifth more ice mass in the past four decades than previously estimated, researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California reported in a new paper. 

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Tidal Landscapes a Greater Carbon Sink Than Previously Thought

Mangroves and saltmarshes sequester large amounts of carbon, mitigating the greenhouse effect. 

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The Long and Winding Road to Launch

A few paths in life are short and direct; more of them are long and winding.

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