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Climate change is predicted to impact agriculture, but a new study puts these changes in terms that are directly applicable to farmers. For Illinois,...
Photosynthesis in a droplet
For hundreds of millions of years plants have had the ability to harness carbon dioxide from the air using solar energy. The research network...
Study examines disparities in air pollution affecting American Indian communities
New research highlights disparities in fine particulate matter (PM2.5) trends between American Indian (AI) and non-AI populated U.S. counties. PM2.5 is one of several...
Agriculture tech use opens possibility of digital havoc
Wide-ranging use of smart technologies is raising global agricultural production but international researchers warn this digital-age phenomenon could reap a crop of another kind...
How friction evolves during an earthquake
Using high-speed photography and digital image correlation techniques, engineers show that friction along a faultline has a complex evolution during an earthquake that is...
Bird flu associated with hundreds of seal deaths in New England in 2022
Researchers have found that an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was associated with the deaths of more than 330 New England harbor...
From nitrate crisis to phosphate crisis?
The aim of the EU Nitrates Directive is to reduce nitrates leaking into the environment and to prevent pollution of water supplies. The widely...
Physicists train robotic gliders to soar like birds
Scientists know that upward currents of warm air assist birds in flight. To understand how birds find and navigate these thermal plumes, researchers used...
Alaskan towns at risk from rising seas sound alarm as Trump pulls federal help
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Communities at risk of falling into the sea say assistance from Washington has dried up: ‘It feels like a complete abdication of responsibility on...
As climate and land-use change accelerate, so must efforts to preserve California’s plants
A team developed a computer model that identifies the high-priority areas in California for preservation in order to save the state's native plants in...
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The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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