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Is Your Heart Aging Too Fast? MRI Technology Reveals Unhealthy Lifestyles Add Decades

Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have developed a revolutionary new way of uncovering the ‘true age’ of your heart using MRI.

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Concerning Chemicals from the Wear of Climbing Shoes Cause Trouble in Indoor Halls

Concentrations as high as those by a busy road illustrate the importance of solutions.

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Lava Flow Jigsaw Puzzle Reveals the Secrets of Shifting Continents

Analysing lava flows that solidified and then broke apart over a massive crack in the Earth’s crust in Turkey has brought new insights into how continents move over time, improving our understanding of earthquake risks.

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Warming Doubled the Odds of Record Fires in South Korea

Warming fueled the hot, dry, windy weather that gave rise to a spate of record-breaking fires in South Korea in March, an analysis finds.

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Floods Give Way to a Burst of Desert Life

Floodwaters transformed the typically parched Australian interior as they flowed across the continent.

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Unexpected Ocean Heat Patterns Show NZ in Extreme Zone

The world’s oceans are heating faster in two bands stretching around the globe and New Zealand is in one of them, according to new research led by climate scientist Dr Kevin Trenberth.

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Climate Effects of Volcanoes Beneath the Waves

Volcanoes erupting underwater have a distinctive effect on the climate that is larger and more widespread than previously thought, according to an international group led by University of Auckland and Tongan scientists.

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How ‘Parks for Bugs’ Boost Pollinators in Vancouver

As the days get longer and gardeners plan their spring planting, research from the University of British Columbia offers some good news this Earth Day: small, simple changes to urban green spaces can make a big difference for pollinators.

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Satellites a Solution for Tracking Coral Reef Health

Satellites orbiting Earth offer great potential to better understand the world’s reefs over time beyond the sites visited by researchers, The University of Queensland research has found.

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FAU Joins First Global Effort to Map Microplastics in Ocean Systems

Marine plastic pollution is a global crisis, with 9 to 14 million metric tons of plastic entering the ocean every year. 

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