Researchers have used a novel approach to unearth new information about the circulation patterns of ocean water around glaciers.
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The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 has adapted to spread between birds and marine mammals.
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Today, those same areas are exposed to more air pollution than other urban neighborhoods, and according to research, the cause could relate to nearby highways or industrial parks.
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Red nets are better at deterring common agricultural insect pests than typical black or white nets.
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The evidence, contained within an ice core, shows that in one location the ice sheet thinned by 450 meters—that’s more than the height of the Empire State Building—in just under 200 years.
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A new study shows fathers exposed to environmental toxins, notably DDT, may produce sperm with health consequences for their children.
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Worldwide, the shipping industry is responsible for 3% of all human-driven CO2 emissions each year—more than cars and planes. Some estimates even say, at current growth rates, shipping could represent 10% of all global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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Engineers have developed an ultra-sensitive sensor made with graphene that can detect extraordinarily low concentrations of lead ions in water.
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Researchers examined how microplastic bioaccumulation was affecting the endangered Galápagos penguin as an indicator species to trace how deeply microplastic bioaccumulation has entered the food web in the isolated Galápagos Islands.
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While exposure to a single substance like DDT has been shown to create inherited disease susceptibility, a recent study in animals found exposure to multiple different toxicants across generations can amplify those health problems.
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A research team used tree-ring record data and measurements from stalagmite—a dripstone that grows upward from the floor of a cave—to study climate fluctuations across hundreds of years.
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Using five decades of data from across the U.S., the researchers analyzed the potential factors and mechanisms that might be affecting the number of flowers growing in different regions — and, by extension, the amount of honey produced by honey bees.
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Major cities on the U.S. Atlantic coast are sinking, in some cases as much as 5 millimeters per year—a decline at the ocean’s edge that well outpaces global sea level rise.
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Researchers are testing the use of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to help with wildfire detection. The findings could improve first responders’ ability to predict and respond to the spread of deadly forest fires.
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New research suggests some early Americans may have travelled on winter sea ice down the coast from Beringia as long as 24,000 years ago.
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