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Swirling Skies and Melting Icebergs

The South Sandwich Islands are a remote group of eleven small volcanic peaks arranged in an arc in the southern Atlantic Ocean. 

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Study: ‘Sustainable Intensification’ on the Farm Reduces Soil Nitrate Losses, Maintains Crop Yields

A nine-year study comparing a typical two-year corn and soybean rotation with a more intensive three-year rotation involving corn, cereal rye, soybean and winter wheat found that the three-year system can dramatically reduce nitrogen — an important crop nutrient — in farm runoff without compromising yield.

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Social Media Can Help Track Species as Climate Changes

Social media can help scientists track animal species as they relocate in response to climate change, new research shows.

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How Industrial Waste Gases Could Replace Fossil Fuels in Everyday Consumer Products

Industrial waste gases, long seen as a major contributor to climate change, could soon be captured and repurposed into everyday household products such as shampoo, detergent, and even fuel.

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Cooking Emissions Rival Fossil Fuels as an Ozone Pollution Source in Los Angeles

As the adoption of cleaner-burning engines and electric vehicles drives fossil fuel emissions lower, scientists have discovered that a surprising pollution source is playing a significant role in cooking up ozone in the air over Los Angeles.

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AI Reveals Insights into the Flow of Antarctic Ice

As the planet warms, Antarctica’s ice sheet is melting and contributing to sea-level rise around the globe.

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Stanford Researchers Reimagine the Future of Food

A bite of food is about more than calories. Food production involves energy, water, and other resources and is shaped by economics, policies, and international relations.

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Pacific Atoll Water Security Requires New Approach

Hydrology experts at Flinders University are calling for urgent investigations into the operation of bore-fields that access fresh groundwater on Pacific islands, including Kiribati, where rising sea levels are already putting local water supplies at risk.

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State of America’s Birds: Population Declines Continue

More than five years after a landmark study in the journal Science showed that North American bird populations declined by nearly 30% since 1970, a new report finds that the concerning trend is continuing apace.

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New Paper Suggests Cold Temperatures Trigger Shapeshifting Proteins

UMD researcher John Orban outlines a bold theory about the relationship between temperature and metamorphic proteins.

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