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Piping Plover: Saving Great Lakes Shorebirds and Shorelines

Sarah Foote prepares a meal of black worms and tiny crickets for the endangered piping plovers she’s helping to rear—white, fluffy birds constantly on the move.

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Making Regular GPS Ultra-Precise

We mostly take it for granted that the position shown by our GPS is correct.

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A New Approach to Cutting Marine Plastic Pollution

Every year, many millions of tons of plastic end up in the ocean. It’s a serious and rapidly increasing environmental problem.

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Tough Choices Lie Ahead on Path to Decarbonization

As the world relies increasingly on critical minerals such as cobalt to fuel not just the green revolution but also everyday life, the United States may need to turn to domestic mining to meet its needs.

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Building Resilient Utilities: UCLA Issues Report on Key Water and Power Infrastructure Needs

More than 100 engineers, utility leaders, scientists and public officials came together in the wake of January’s catastrophic Los Angeles firestorms to identify innovative strategies and emerging technologies that could build more resilient infrastructure, recognizing the broader challenges of growing climate and disaster risks.

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Climate Change May Increase the Spread of Neurotoxin in the Oceans

Climate-driven oxygen loss in the Black Sea thousands of years ago triggered the expansion of microorganisms capable of producing the potent neurotoxin methylmercury.

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Parched Soils Can Spark Hot Drought a Nation Away

A new study found compound drought-heatwave events are rippling farther and lasting through the night, raising risks for southwestern North America.

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To Prevent Rapid Sea-Level Rise, Reduce Emissions Now

The timing of emissions reductions, even more so than the rate of reduction, will be key to avoiding catastrophic thresholds for ice-melt and sea-level rise, according to a new Cornell study.

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Accelerating Climate Modeling at a Lower Cost

Courant and Center for Data Science researchers have created a neural network that quickly and accurately simulates ocean circulation.

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Milkweed for Monarchs: How You Can Help Support Monarch Butterflies

Bright orange and black wings flutter by on the journey that defies all odds. 

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