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Wave-Predicting Robots Could Cut Green Energy Costs

Underwater robots that can predict waves in real-time could reduce the cost of producing offshore renewable energy, a study suggests.

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Tree Islands Restore Nature in Oil Palm Plantations

Southeast Asia’s tropical forests are renowned for their biodiversity, but at the same time face significant threats from the expansion of oil palm plantations.

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NASA Satellites Reveal Abrupt Drop in Global Freshwater Levels

An international team of scientists using observations from NASA-German satellites found evidence that Earth’s total amount of freshwater dropped abruptly starting in May 2014 and has remained low ever since.

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Signs of Sea Level Rise in the Bahamas

When University of Miami geologist Robert Ginsberg passed away in 2017, colleagues noticed something intriguing while sorting his papers: a collection of black-and-white aerial photographs of parts of the Bahamas.

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Rainforest Protection Reduces the Number of Respiratory Diseases

Rainforest protection is not only good for biodiversity and the climate – it also noticeably improves the health of humans who live in the corresponding regions.

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Planet Saw its 2nd-Warmest October in 175-Year Record

Earth saw another unusually warm month, with October 2024 ranking as the second-warmest October in NOAA’s 175-year global climate record.

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One or Many? Exploring the Population Groups of the Largest Animal on Earth

Hunted nearly to extinction during 20th century whaling, the world’s largest animal, the Antarctic blue whale, went from a population size of roughly 200,000 to little more than 300.

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Climate Change Threatens Key Ocean Plankton Groups

Planktonic foraminifera are tiny marine organisms, which are essential to the ocean's carbon cycle. 

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How Animal Tracking Data Can Help Preserve Biodiversity

Today’s ecologists have more data than ever before to help monitor and understand the world’s biodiversity. 

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Breakthrough in Capturing ‘Hot’ CO2 From Industrial Exhaust

A metal-organic framework, or MOF, is capable of capturing CO2 at extreme temperatures.

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