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NAU Professor a Collaborator on Research, Published in a Special-Edition Journal, Addressing Need for Conservation of Springs in Drying Climate

A Northern Arizona University professor co-authored a paper on the importance of springs in a drying climate that is in the inaugural climate change refugia special edition of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

Exotic Nanotubes Move In Less Mysterious Ways

Boron nitride nanotubes are anything but boring, according to Rice University scientists who have found a way to watch how they move in liquids.

Bacteria Fed By Algae Biochemicals Can Harm Coral Health

Though corals worldwide are threatened due to climate change and local stressors, the front lines of the battle are microscopic in scale.

Rainy Season Tends to Begin Earlier in Northern Central Asia

A recent study published in Environmental Research Letters by a team of researchers from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) at the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) finds that the rainy season of northern Central Asia, which occurs in May-July in present-day, will shift to March-May at the end of the 21st century.

Rivers Help Lock Carbon From Fires Into Oceans For Thousands Of Years

The extent to which rivers transport burned carbon to oceans - where it can be stored for tens of millennia - is revealed in new research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA).