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Funding Boost to Address Rapid Decline of Biodiversity

An innovative programme that will enable UK companies to integrate nature into financial decision-making and to mobilise investment in biodiversity, has received £3 million funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).

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Novel Method to Measure Root Depth May Lead to More Resilient Crops

As climate change worsens global drought conditions, hindering crop production, the search for ways to capture and store atmospheric carbon causing the phenomenon has intensified.

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Understanding an Overlooked Hotspot for Carbon Emissions

“We were fascinated to learn that the drainage canals themselves are a hotspot for peat carbon to be transformed into carbon dioxide,” said study co-author Alison Hoyt, assistant professor of Earth system science at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.

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What Artificial Streams Can Teach Us About Insects, Algae and our Changing Climate

A network of artificial streams is teaching scientists how California’s mountain waterways — and the ecosystems that depend on them — may be impacted by a warmer, drier climate.

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Backyard Insect Inspires Invisibility Devices, Next Gen Tech

Leafhoppers, a common backyard insect, secrete and coat themselves in tiny mysterious particles that could provide both the inspiration and the instructions for next-generation technology, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers. 

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Drexel's Self-Heating Concrete Is One Step Closer to Clearing Sidewalks Without Shoveling or Salting

There’s a patch of concrete on Drexel University’s campus that could portend a frost-free future for sidewalks and highways in the Northeast. 

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The Arctic is Getting Rainier

The Arctic is known for its cold temperatures, which allow precipitation to fall as snow. 

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A Wetter World Recorded in Australian Coral Colony

When climate scientists look to the future to determine what the effects of climate change may be, they use computer models to simulate potential outcomes such as how precipitation will change in a warming world.

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Arctic Nightlife: Seabird Colony Bursts With Sound at Night

Acoustic recordings of a colony of little auks reveal their nocturnal activities and offer valuable monitoring means for avian biology in the Arctic.

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