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With Discovery of Roundworms, the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem Just Got More Interesting

Scientists have long suspected nematodes, commonly known as roundworms, inhabit Utah’s Great Salt Lake sediments, but until recently, no one had actually recovered any there.

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Charging up the Commute

A team of researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory demonstrated that a light-duty passenger electric vehicle can be wirelessly charged at 100-kW with 96% efficiency using polyphase electromagnetic coupling coils with rotating magnetic fields.

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Rock Weathering and Climate: Low-Relief Mountain Ranges Are Largest Carbon Sinks

A team led by LMU geologist Aaron Bufe has investigated how erosion and weathering affect the CO2 budget over millions of years.

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Tropical Cyclone Filipo

In March 2024, low wind shear in the Mozambique Channel allowed Tropical Cyclone Filipo to strengthen off the coast of southeast Africa.

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UC Irvine Study: Vehicle Brakes Produce Charged Particles That May Harm Public Health

Scientists know relatively little about particles released into the air when a vehicle driver brakes, though evidence suggests those particles may be more harmful to health than particles exiting the tailpipe.

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Integrating Renewables and Machine Learning for Improved Grid Stability

In the race to achieve a net-zero future based on clean energy, renewable energy sources like solar and wind power have emerged as potential champions in the battle against climate change.

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Rainforest’s Next Generation of Trees Threatened 30 Years After Logging

Rainforest seedlings are more likely to survive in natural forests than in places where logging has happened – even if tree restoration projects have taken place, new research shows.

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Snow Study Takes Flight

A research team led by Dr. Richard Kelly, a professor in Geography and Environmental Management at Waterloo, uses a novel radar-based technology to provide more insight into snowpacks and their implications for climate change, water resource management and hazard prediction.

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Astronomers Find Water Vapor in Distant Star’s Habitable Zone

Rice University astronomer Andrea Isella and colleagues have reported the first observations of gaseous water in the portion of a protoplanetary disk where a rocky, Earth-like planet might be forming around a distant star.

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Emissions from Fossil Fuels Continue to Rise

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels rose again in 2023, reaching record levels, according to estimates from an international team of scientists.

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