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Research Provides Crucial Insights Into Moss Growth Under Elevated CO2 Levels That May Benefit Climate Change Models

Approximately 12,000 species of mosses exist and cover close to four million square miles of earth, equivalent to the size of Canada, and are ecologically and evolutionarily important. 

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Forecasting Microbiomes for Sustainability and Health

Microbial communities, or microbiomes, are essential for safeguarding human and environmental health through the most widely used biotechnological process on our planet: biological wastewater treatment. 

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Converting PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Into Valuable Compounds

Scientists develop a new method to incorporate harmful perfluoroalkenes into N-heterocyclic carbene ligands.

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Some of Today’s Earthquakes May Be Aftershocks From Quakes in the 1800s

Aftershocks follow large earthquakes — sometimes for weeks, other times for decades. 

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UNSW Researchers a Step Closer to Making Green Ammonia a Reality

Green ammonia has the potential to drastically reduce the carbon footprint needed to produce fertiliser vital for crop-growing.

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This Wireless, Handheld, Non-invasive Device Detects Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Biomarkers

An international team of researchers has developed a handheld, non-invasive device that can detect biomarkers for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases. 

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Cut Salt, Cut Blood Pressure

Nearly everyone can lower their blood pressure, even people currently on blood pressure-reducing drugs, by lowering their sodium intake, reports a new study published in JAMA from Northwestern Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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Faster Arctic Warming Hastens 2C Rise by Eight Years

The Arctic is currently warming nearly four times faster than the global average rate.

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UMD Researchers’ ‘Cooling Glass’ Blasts Building Heat Into Space

University of Maryland researchers aiming to combat rising global temperatures have developed a new “cooling glass” that can turn down the heat indoors without electricity by drawing on the cold depths of space.

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How Climate Change Could Be Affecting Your Brain

A new element of the catastrophic impacts of climate change is emerging – how global warming is impacting the human brain.

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