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Engineers Solve Puzzle of Arctic Sea Ice Movement

Arctic sea ice moves and spreads in ways that wind alone cannot explain. 

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Rising Seas Are Swallowing the Vast Majority of US Coastal Wetlands

The first national-level assessment of coastal wetland submergence shows most of them may still be able to migrate inland, highlighting the need for strategic coastal management.

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Chocolate’s New Climate Threat: Too Much Rain

Drought is not the only climate challenge facing cocoa farmers. 

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Venus Ate Its Moon

Study explains why Earth’s ‘twin’ lacks rocky satellite.

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Greenhouse Gas Benefits of ag Irrigation Outweigh Emissions Costs

Irrigating U.S. crops prevents higher greenhouse gas emissions by avoiding land conversion, groundbreaking new research by Colorado State University shows.

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Forest Fire Smoke Reduces Bird Diversity

For ecosystems, a forest fire does not end where the flames stop. 

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Black Hole "Blast" Reaches 300,000 Light Years

A team of researchers has discovered that the winds generated by supermassive black holes are 100 times more powerful than previously thought, carrying energy across distances of approximately 300,000 light-years. 

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Volcanic Eruptions and a Warming Climate Have Disrupted Close Connections Between the Indian and Pacific Oceans

A new study that combines paleoclimate data and climate models suggests that large volcanic eruptions can disrupt the relationship between atmospheric circulations of the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans. 

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Underwater Drones Discover Coral Reefs off Benin, Long Presumed Dead, Teeming With Life

Scientists in search of coral reef barriers which had been detected but not investigated in the 1960s, and were thought to be dead, discovered an apparently thriving ecosystem of deep-water corals.

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