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Climate Change, Habitat Loss Threaten East African Bird Populations

In recent decades, scientists have produced countless studies on the effects of one environmental factor or another — climate change, deforestation or pollution, for example — on wildlife and habitats around the world.

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WVU Researcher Searching for ‘Holy Grail’ of Sustainable Bioenergy

Searches for sustainable bioenergy and climate change solutions may be one in the same, according to a West Virginia University researcher.

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Driving on Sunshine: Clean, Usable Liquid Fuels Made From Solar Power

Researchers have developed a solar-powered technology that converts carbon dioxide and water into liquid fuels that can be added directly to a car’s engine as drop-in fuel.  

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Past Climate Change to Blame for Antarctica’s Giant Underwater Landslides

Scientists have discovered the cause of giant underwater landslides in Antarctica which they believe could have generated tsunami waves that stretched across the Southern Ocean.

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The Number of Farms in the World Is Declining, Here’s Why It Matters to You

New University of Colorado Boulder research shows the number of farms globally will shrink in half as the size of the average existing farms doubles by the end of the 21st century, posing significant risks to the world’s food systems.

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Researchers Measure the Light Emitted by a Sub-Neptune Planet’s Atmosphere for the First Time

For more than a decade, astronomers have been trying to get a closer look at GJ 1214b, an exoplanet 40 light-years away from Earth.

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NASA’s Spitzer, Tess Find Potentially Volcano-Covered Earth-Size World

Astronomers have discovered an Earth-size exoplanet, or world beyond our solar system, that may be carpeted with volcanoes. 

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Summer Temperatures Arrive Early

A springtime heatwave has made large swaths of western North America feel like the dog days of summer. 

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The Upper Atmosphere Is Cooling, Prompting New Climate Concerns

A new study reaffirming that global climate change is human-made also found the upper atmosphere is cooling dramatically because of rising CO2 levels. 

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“Warm Ice Age” Changed Climate Cycles

Approximately 700,000 years ago, a “warm ice age” permanently changed the climate cycles on Earth. 

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