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Island Rivers Carve Passageways Through Coral Reefs

Volcanic islands, such as the islands of Hawaii and the Caribbean, are surrounded by coral reefs that encircle an island in a labyrinthine, living ring.

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Alps Could Face a Doubling in Torrential Summer Rainfall Frequency as Temperatures Rise by 2°C

Intense, short-lived summer downpours are expected to become both more frequent and more intense across Alpine regions as the climate warms.

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Vanishing Saltmarshes Threaten Climate Progress but Recovery is Within Reach

The world’s saltmarshes are disappearing three times faster than forests, threatening global progress on climate change goals, according to a major new report co-led by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.

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Biodiversity Thrives in Rare Events

University of Queensland research has shown unpredictable environmental events help maintain plant, animal and microbial populations, challenging the belief stability is the key to survival.

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Arctic Peatlands Expanding as Climate Warms

Peatlands across the Arctic are expanding as the climate warms, new research shows.

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How Lottery-Style Bottle Returns Could Transform Recycling

Would you rather have 10 cents in your pocket or a 1-in-10,000 shot at $1,000?

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AI Paves the Way Towards Green Cement

The cement industry produces around eight percent of global CO₂ emissions – more than the entire aviation sector worldwide. 

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Lightning Strikes the Arctic: What Will It Mean for the Far North?

A warmer world is expected to bring more thunderstorms, especially at higher latitudes. 

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Some of Your AI Prompts Could Cause 50 Times More CO2 Emissions Than Others

Every query typed into a large language model (LLM), such as ChatGPT, requires energy and produces CO2 emissions. 

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Sea Ice Plays Important Role in Variability of Carbon Uptake by Southern Ocean

New research reveals the importance of winter sea ice in the year-to-year variability of the amount of atmospheric CO2 absorbed by a region of the Southern Ocean. 

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