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Climate Change is Making the Tropics Hotter

A new study finds that tropical areas often thought to be safe from the effects of climate change are actually experiencing significant changes in rainfall and extreme temperature events.

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How a Massive Ancient Ice Shelf Stabilized Glaciers - and What It Means for Antarctica

About 20,000 years ago, an enormous, floating ice shelf more than a mile thick helped lock in three of the largest ice sheets in northern Canada and Greenland.

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Moving Towards Emission-Free Aluminum Production

The method is 140 years old, and it is time to modernize in order to reduce climate emissions.

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Real-Time View Inside Batteries Leads to Faster, Cheaper Battery Production

Cornell researchers, working with upstate New York battery company Charge CCCV, also known as C4V, have developed a real-time diagnostic approach to drastically improve one of the most expensive and time-consuming stages of lithium-ion battery manufacturing: forming the battery.

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McGill Researchers Produce Detailed Maps of Global Threats to Freshwater Biodiversity

Farming, dams and agricultural runoff are the biggest threats to freshwater biodiversity globally, with Europe and Northwest Africa the hardest-hit regions, McGill researchers have found.

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Global Chocolate Supply Threatened by Disease, New Cacao Plant Offers Solution

Chocolate lovers may not realize it, but the future of one of the world's most popular foods is increasingly under pressure.

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FAU Study: Tiny Windows in Petals Shape the Environment Inside Flowers

Flowers may look simple from the outside, but inside, they can create their own miniature environments.

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Solving Water Challenges

Eroding coastlines, fisheries at risk, contaminants like PFAS – researchers from across Duke are innovating to solve these and other water-related issues.

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Climate-Friendly Cooling

KIT researchers and partners analyze caloric cooling technologies – Nature Review highlights progress, open questions, and pathways toward sustainable cooling systems.

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Snowfall and Clouds May Slow East Antarctic Ice Loss in a Warmer World

A new modeling study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, suggests that the East Antarctic Ice Sheet may be more resilient to extreme long-term warming than previously estimated. 

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