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The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is shrinking, with many glaciers across the region retreating and melting at an alarming rate. 

Researchers have identified soil bacteria able to break down some PFAS chemicals, known as “forever chemicals” because they take decades to degrade naturally.

One of the primary drivers of climate change is excess greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

To launch extended missions in space, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is borrowing a page from the nuclear engineering industry: It is trying to understand how boiling works.

Tiny foxes — each no bigger than a five-pound housecat — inhabiting the Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California were saved from extinction in 2016.