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Itching for a Solution: Addressing Mosquito-Borne Disease as Climate Change Bites

Prevention measures, including vector control, vaccine deployment and cutting greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming are critical to counter the growing burden of mosquito-borne diseases in a changing climate, according to a new paper by Monash University researchers.

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Forests Are Dying Along North Carolina’s Coast – And It’s Speeding Up

A new study finds that coastal forest loss in North Carolina’s Albermarle-Pamlico Peninsula began accelerating after 2010 and may still be speeding up.  

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An Electrical Technique for Identifying Signs of Life in Space

Researchers from the University of Osaka use artificial intelligence and nanotechnology to detect amino acid biosignatures.

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Why Icy Landscapes Can Behave Like Oobleck

URochester researchers use mathematical modeling to explore how wave-like soil patterns form—and what they could reveal about landscape stability.

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New Discovery Sheds Light on How the Congo’s Peatlands -enormous Carbon Sinks - Function

A team from the University of Lausanne has developed a new approach to better understand the carbon cycle in the Congo’s peatlands, one of our planet’s lungs. 

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Pollen Study Reveals the Hidden History of Grasses

Scientists used machine-learning and super-resolution microscopy to overcome a challenge that has stymied research into the natural history of grasses for decades. 

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Digging Deep, Researchers Find High-Altitude Glacier Endured Last Ice Age

Ancient ice trapped within an ice cap in Northwestern Tibet appears to preserve fragments from the last ice age, extending Earth’s glacial record by over 100,000 years and making them the oldest ice cores ever recovered from the region, according to a new study.

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Devastating Year for Switzerland’s Glaciers

Glaciers are melting faster than ever before in Switzerland. New measurement data shows that Swiss glaciers lost more than 5 per cent of their volume in 2026, following a winter with little snow and record-breaking summer heatwaves.

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In Alaska, Soil in Permafrost Regions is Warming the Fastest

Soils are warming quickly and at considerable depth across Alaska, with temperatures rising fastest in the state’s permafrost region, a trend that could accelerate climate change and undermine the stability of roads, buildings and other infrastructure built on the continuously frozen ground.

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How Cutting Emissions May Limit Antarctic Ice Loss and Protect Coastlines

Cutting greenhouse gas emissions now may limit how much ice Antarctica loses this century and reduce the rise in seas facing coastal communities, according to findings from a new study.

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