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Scientists Identify Key Ingredients When First Organisms Appeared on Earth
Large concentrations of sulfites and bisulfites in shallow lakes may have set the stage for Earth’s first biological molecules. Around 4 billion years ago, Earth...
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Biologically Inspired Membrane Separates and Captures Greenhouse Gases
A biologically inspired membrane intended to cleanse carbon dioxide almost completely from the smoke of coal-fired power plants has been developed by scientists at Sandia...
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MIT Study Shows Health Benefits Will Offset Cost of China’s Climate Policy
A new MIT study reports that, if China follows through with its international pledge to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, every one of its provinces will...
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MIT Engineers Reveal the Intricacies of a Splashing Droplet
As a single raindrop falls to the ground, it can splash back up in a crown-like sheet, spraying smaller droplets from its rim before sinking...
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Scientists Detail How Coyotes Conquered the Continent
Coyotes now live across North America, from Alaska to Panama, California to Maine. But where they came from, and when, has been debated for decades....
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ESF Scientists List Top 10 New Species for 2018
The large and small, beautiful and bizarre are among the newly discovered animals, plants and microbes announced by the College of Environmental Science and Forestry...
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Scientists Reveal How And Why Antarctica’s Glaciers Are Changing
New research review provides insights into the continent’s response to climate warming. Scientists from the University of Maryland, the University of Leeds, and the University...
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Air Pollution Significantly Increases Mortality in Low-Income Countries
In 2015, around 4.5 million people died prematurely from diseases attributed to ambient air pollution, including 237,000 children under the age of five from respiratory...
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Evolution of Earth’s First Animals Caused Global Warming
The evolution of Earth’s first animals more than 500 million years ago caused global warming, new research shows. Some 520-540 million years ago, animal life...
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Link Between Individual Variation in Risk-Taking Behavior and Survival Revealed
For more than a century, scientists have understood that natural selection has profound effects on how an animal looks. Anole lizards that spend more time...
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Scientists Examine the Microbes That Thrive in Air Conditioning
Typically, we don’t think too much about the inner workings of our air-conditioning units, even as we enjoy the relief they bring on sweltering days....
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NASA Views One of the Most Rapidly Changing Glaciers in the World
The Columbia Glacier descends from an ice field 10,000 feet (3,050 meters) above sea level, down the flanks of the Chugach Mountains, and into a narrow inlet that...
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NASA Tracks Carbon Monoxide from California Wildfires As It Drifts East
California is being plagued by massive wildfires, and the effects on air quality from those fires can extend far beyond the state’s borders. In addition...
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Satellite Imagery Reveals the Above Anvil Cirrus Plume of a Storm
It’s not quite a smoking gun, but one could be forgiven for thinking of it that way: a distinctive cloud formation that often signals damaging...
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Amazing Image Reveals Distribution of Aerosols in Earth’s Atmosphere
On August 23, 2018 the identification and distribution of aerosols in the Earth’s atmosphere is shown in this dramatic, planet-wide visualization. Produced in real time,...
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Crucial Tool for Managing Global Warming Allows Scientists To Measure Carbon...
Scientists develop a new way to take a census of carbon in the ground under our feet – a crucial tool for managing climate change...
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Making Electricity Cheaper: A Cellphone-Sized Device Automatically Adjusts a...
A cellphone-sized device automatically adjusts a home’s power use up or down to save the consumer money and increase the resiliency of the electric grid....
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Scientists Create Cement Entirely Out of Waste Material
Creating renewable biocement entirely out of waste material Cement is a binder, a substance used in construction that hardens, sets, and adheres to other materials...
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Scientists Finally Discover What Caused the Collapse of This Ancient Kingdom
Droughts in the sixth century helped Islam gain ground Extreme dryness aided the collapse of the ancient South Arabian kingdom of Himyar. The journal Science...
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Scientists Discover an Unexpected Danger Lurking in Ancient Mayan Cities
Mercury exposure may have been a health risk for the ancient Maya. Mesoamerica’s ancient Maya cities never cease to amaze visitors. However, an unexpected danger...
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The “Wrong Kind of Fire” Is Burning – Unprecedented Levels of High-Severity...
Compared to historical patterns, the “wrong kind of fire” is burning. According to a study conducted by the Safford Lab at the University of California,...
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Plastic Containers Can Contain Toxic “Forever Chemicals” – And They Are...
Scientists at the University of Notre Dame are expanding their list of consumer products that contain PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), a harmful group of...
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Concerning – New Detection Method Uncovers Massive Amount of Methane
Advancement in pollution detection methods raises questions about current environmental policies. UC Riverside scientists have discovered a massive amount of methane, a highly potent greenhouse...
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The Downfall of “Umbrella Science”: Researchers Need To Step Out Into the Rain
To be outstanding in one’s field, one may need to be out standing in one’s field. An interdisciplinary research team led by John T. Van...
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