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A new method for mapping the location and size of trees growing outside of forests helped scientists discover billions of trees in arid and...
Are climate scientists being too cautious when linking extreme weather to climate change?
Climate science has focused on avoiding false alarms when linking extreme events to climate change. But it could learn from how weather forecasters warn...
Red maples doing better in the city
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Long-term data show a recent acceleration in chemical and physical changes in the ocean
New research uses data from two sustained open-ocean hydrographic stations in the North Atlantic Ocean near Bermuda to demonstrate recent changes in ocean physics...
World’s greatest mass extinction triggered switch to warm-bloodedness
Mammals and birds today are warm-blooded, and this is often taken as the reason for their great success.
Stressed out volcanoes more likely to collapse and erupt
An international study has discovered how volcanoes experience stress. The study has implications for how the world might be better protected against future volcano...
Perovskite tandem solar cells
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Energy system 2050: Solutions for the energy transition
To contribute to global climate protection, Germany has to rapidly and comprehensively minimize the use of fossil energy sources and to transform the energy...
Protecting ecologically important krill in the Southern Ocean from overfishing
Although the krill catch is regulated, caution is required to avoid endangering the population itself and the species that depend on it, warns a...
Unprecedented energy use since 1950 has transformed humanity’s geologic footprint
A new study makes clear the extraordinary speed and scale of increases in energy use, economic productivity and global population that have pushed the...
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