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In a new study, researchers report that temperatures during droughts have been rising faster than in average climates in recent decades, and they point...
A soft, on-the-fly solution to a hard, underwater problem
Studying the animals that live in the deep ocean is notoriously difficult, especially because the underwater equipment that exists for sampling them is designed...
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As the global population booms, equitable access to healthy food sources is more important than ever. But a new study shows that wealthy countries'...
What makes diamonds blue? Boron from oceanic crustal remnants in Earth’s lower mantle
Blue diamonds -- like the world-famous Hope Diamond at the National Museum of Natural History -- formed up to four times deeper in the...
Trees travelling west: How climate is changing our forests
Many studies on the impacts of global temperature rise have suggested that the range of trees will migrate poleward and upward. However, new research...
Understanding soil through its microbiome
Soil is full of life, essential for nutrient cycling and carbon storage. To better understand how it functions, researchers conducted the first global study...
Monsoon rains found to be beneficial to underground aquifers
Using a combination of field instrumentation, unmanned aerial vehicles and a hydrologic model, a team of researchers has been studying the fate of monsoon...
Icy Greenland’s heated geologic past
By mapping the heat escaping from below the Greenland Ice Sheet, a scientist has sharpened our understanding of the dynamics that dominate and shape...
Breaking up ‘fatbergs’: Engineers develop technique to break down fats, oil and grease
Cooking oil and similar waste can clog pipes, harm fish and even grow into solid deposits like the 'fatbergs' that recently blocked London's sewage...
Insight into loss processes in perovskite solar cells enables efficiency improvements
In perovskite solar cells, charge carriers are mainly lost through recombination occurring at interface defect sites. In contrast, recombination at defect sites within the...
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