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Sea-level rise projections can improve with state-of-the-art model
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A newly discovered enzyme complexes in herbivore digestive tracts show promise for sustainable fuels and medicines, report scientists.
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New research on sand dunes in China describes how even neighboring dunes can long remain in different and seemingly conflicting states -- confounding the...
How Hurricane Lane brought fire and rain to Hawaiian islands
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