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Study Finds Carrying Pollen Heats Up Bumble Bees, Raising New Climate Change Questions

A new study from North Carolina State University finds carrying pollen is a workout that significantly increases the body temperature of bumble bees.

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Extremely Hot Days Are Warming Twice As Fast As Average Summer Days in North-West Europe

New research led by the University of Oxford has found that climate change is causing the hottest days in North-West Europe to warm at double the rate of average summer days.

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​​How Vancouver’s Geese Affect Our River Systems

In a bid to control the Canada goose population in the city, the Vancouver Park Board has approved a plan for “lethal removal.”

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Engineers Design Sutures That Can Deliver Drugs or Sense Inflammation

Inspired by sutures developed thousands of years ago, MIT engineers have designed “smart” sutures that can not only hold tissue in place, but also detect inflammation and release drugs.

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About 13,000 Years Ago, The Water Outflow From the Mediterranean to the Atlantic Ocean was Twice That of Today’s

During the Younger Dryas, the flow of water masses from the eastern Mediterranean to the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar doubled, according to a study published in Nature's Communications Earth & Environment journal.

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Can’t Find Your Phone? There’s a Robot for That

Engineers at the University of Waterloo have discovered a new way to program robots to help people with dementia locate medicine, glasses, phones and other objects they need but have lost.

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Two NASA Studies Find Lower Methane Emissions in Los Angeles Region

Researchers found that emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas dropped for several years near the nation’s second-largest metropolitan area.

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Out of This World Control on Ice Age Cycles

A research team, composed of climatologists and an astronomer, have used an improved computer model to reproduce the cycle of ice ages (glacial periods) 1.6 to 1.2 million years ago. 

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African Farmers Reap Rewards of Flood-Tolerant Rice

Two flood-resistant rice varieties are helping farmers in Africa to improve productivity, with huge potential returns for countries affected by climate change, agricultural food experts say.

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Sea Butterfly Life Cycle Threatened by Climate Change

Shelled pteropods, commonly known as sea butterflies, are increasingly exposed to ocean changes, but some species are more vulnerable to this threat.

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