An international environmental agreement to regulate the use of chemicals depleting the ozone layer may have inadvertently allowed higher levels of other harmful chemicals to flourish, new research co-led by York University and Environment and Climate Change Canada has found.
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Female Sea Turtles Do Not Disguise Their Nests – But Create a Decoy Trail
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NASA’s ICESat-2 Measures Arctic Ocean’s Sea Ice Thickness, Snow Cover
Arctic sea ice helps keep Earth cool, as its bright surface reflects the Sun’s energy back into space.
     
     
    
     
     
    
     
     
    
     
     
    
     
     
    
     
     
    

