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International Sea Level Satellite Spots Early Signs of El Niño

Kelvin waves, a potential precursor of El Niño conditions in the ocean, are rolling across the equatorial Pacific toward the coast of South America.

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April 2023 Was Earth’s Fourth Warmest on Record

Last month added to the planet’s warm year so far, as April 2023 ranked as the world’s fourth-warmest April on record.

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‘Nature Is Messy’: Pioneers in Landscape Transcriptomics Study Genes in the Wild

An interdisciplinary team in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences — in an initiative aimed at better understanding the implications of climate change for animal and plant life and agricultural systems — is focusing on an emerging field of study called landscape transcriptomics.

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Scientists Discover Fire Records Embedded Within Sand Dunes

The discovery could expand scientific understanding of fire histories to arid regions around the world.

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Students Positive Towards AI, but Uncertain About What Counts as Cheating

Students in Sweden are positive towards AI tools such as ChatGPT in education, but 62 percent believe that using chatbots during exams is cheating. 

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Singing Humpback Whales Respond to Wind Noise, but Not Boats

A University of Queensland study has found humpback whales sing louder when the wind is noisy, but don’t have the same reaction to boat engines.

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Secret Behind Amazonian ‘Dark Earth’ Could Help Speed up Forest Restoration Across the Globe

Between approximately 450 BCE and 950 CE, millions of Amerindian people living in today’s Amazonia transformed the originally poor soil through various processes. 

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Can Lions Coexist With Cattle in Africa?

Protecting lions and the interests of cattle producers in Kenya is a difficult balancing act. 

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New Test Reveals Existing Antibiotics, Hiding in Plain Sight on Pharmacy Shelves, Can Cure Superbugs

A new test revealed that FDA-approved antibiotics — available at your neighborhood pharmacy — can effectively treat superbugs. 

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Nature Favours Creatures in Largest and Smallest Sizes

Surveying the body sizes of Earth’s living organisms, researchers from McGill University and University of British Columbia found that the planet’s biomass – the material that makes up all living organisms – is concentrated in organisms at either end of the size spectrum.

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