‘Inefficient’ sailing fleet keeps oyster fishery alive
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Experiments cast doubt on theory of how Earth was formed
New geochemical research indicates that existing theories of the formation of the Earth may be mistaken.
World’s largest volcanic range may lurk beneath Antarctic ice
West Antarctica's vast ice sheet conceals what may be the largest volcanic region on Earth, new research has revealed.
Where is everybody? The implications of cosmic silence
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Trees and shrubs offer new food crops to diversify the farm
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Canary in a coal mine: Survey captures global picture of air pollution’s effects on...
Writing Aug. 11 in the journal Environmental Research Letters, University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Tracey Holloway, an expert on air quality, and her former graduate...
Night vision for bird- and bat-friendly offshore wind power
ThermalTracker software analyzes video with night vision, the same technology that helps soldiers see in the dark, to help birds and bats near offshore...
Day to night and back again: Earth’s ionosphere during the total solar eclipse
Three NASA-funded studies will use the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse as a ready-made experiment, courtesy of nature, to improve our understanding of the...
Crank the AC, cut in-car pollution
After conducting a new research approach using actual commutes, a group of engineers discovered a simple shift in driving habits can help to reduce...
Climate change shifts timing of European floods
A linkage between climate change and floods has been identified using a river flow dataset of unparalleled scale and diversity. This is the first...
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