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Higher Water Levels Could Turn Cultivated Peatland in the North Into a CO2 Sink

A two year field experiment carried out in the world’s northernmost cultivated peatland, located in Pasvik in Finnmark, shows that greenhouse gas emissions can be greatly reduced by raising and maintaining the water table at 25–50 centimetres below the soil surface.

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The “Grand Canyon” of the Atlantic

How a shifting plate boundary and hot mantle material formed one of the largest canyons in the ocean.

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Long-Term Warming Transforms Mountain Meadows Above and Below Ground

In the longest-running field warming experiment of its kind, researchers have documented dramatic shifts in high-elevation mountain meadows, revealing that changes in climate alter not only the plants we can see above ground, but the invisible world of fungi and microbes in the soil below.

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CSU Project Uses AI to Turn Soil Data into Actionable Insights for Farmers

An interdisciplinary research team at Colorado State University is using artificial intelligence to help farmers better understand soil health by turning varied agricultural data into practical, decision-ready insights that are easy to access.

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New Study Maps Key Species Threats in Costa Rica

Led by Newcastle University, the study found that the greatest potential to reduce species extinction risk in the Northern Sub-catchments of San José, Costa Rica, lies in addressing habitat loss and degradation due to livestock farming and ranching, urban expansion, and the spread of non-native invasive species.

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Research Shows Best- and Worst-Case Scenarios for a Warming Antarctica

Antarctica’s pale expanses of ice keep water locked up and reflect heat from the planet — but the climate crisis is putting these safeguards at increasing risk.

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FAU Feasibility Study: Queen Conch Aquaculture and Seagrass Impacts

Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute has been awarded a grant from Blue Carbon Plus (BC+) to explore sustainable, market-driven aquaculture opportunities in The Bahamas and elsewhere.

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Record-Breaking Sediment Core Provides Unprecedented Evidence of West Antarctic Ice Sheet Retreat

An international team has drilled the longest ever sediment core from under an ice sheet, providing a record stretching back millions of years that will help climate scientists forecast the fate of the ice sheet in our warming world.

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Global Warming Must Peak Below 2°C to Limit Tipping Point Risks

Global warming must peak below 2°C then return under 1.5°C as quickly as possible to limit the risk of dangerous “tipping points”, experts say.

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Plant-Based Material Offers Sustainable Method of Recovering Rare Earth Element

Despite rare earth elements’ importance in manufacturing cell phones, magnets and a host of other consumer and commercial electronics, the lack of a sustainable, environmentally friendly approach to obtaining these metals has led to a global shortage, according to Amir Sheikhi, associate professor of chemical engineering.

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