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Fate of Meerkats Tied to Seasonal Climate Effects
The effects of climate change are especially obvious in arid environments where resources are scarce and subject to seasonal availability.
Ice Shelves Buckle Under Weight of Meltwater Lakes
For the first time, a research team co-led by CIRES-based scientists, has directly observed an Antarctic ice shelf bending under the weight of ponding meltwater on top, a phenomenon that may have triggered the 2002 collapse of the Larsen B ice shelf.
NASA's InSight Prepares to Take Mars' Temperature
NASA's InSight lander has placed its second instrument on the Martian surface.
Vegetation Recovery on Abandoned Oil And Gas Well Sites Is Variable on Colorado Plateau
Recovery of vegetation on plugged and abandoned oil and gas well sites on the Colorado Plateau is influenced by time, moisture, nonnative plants and the type of plant community that was originally in place before well sites were constructed, according to a recently published study by the U.S. Geological Survey.
More Data, More Land Reclamation Success
More than 2.4 million miles of energy pipelines crisscross the United States. If assembled end-to-end, they would circle the Earth almost 100 times!