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Ocean virus hijacks carbon-storing bacteria
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Chemists identify toxic chemicals in fracking wastewater
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Author Correction: Nitrogen and phosphorus constrain the CO<sub>2</sub> fertilization of global plant biomass
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 26 May 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0808-yAuthor Correction: Nitrogen and phosphorus constrain the CO2 fertilization of global plant biomass
How drones can monitor explosive volcanoes
Due to high risk for researchers, the imaging of active volcanoes has so far been a great challenge in volcanology. Scientists used a drone...
There is no escaping from climate change, even in the deep sea
Even though the deeper layers of the ocean are warming at a slower pace than the surface, animals living in the deep ocean are...
Scientists find genes to save ash trees from deadly beetle
Scientists have identified candidate resistance genes that could protect ash trees from the emerald ash borer (EAB), a deadly pest that is expected to...
Climate-related financial disclosures in the public sector
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 25 May 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0785-1Expectations for the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure’s framework to drive climate action in the...
Climate velocity reveals increasing exposure of deep-ocean biodiversity to future warming
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 25 May 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0773-5Marine biodiversity is at risk as the ocean warms, but currently the focus has been at...
Where mitigation and migration meet
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 25 May 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0796-yClimate migration involves complex interactions of environmental, social, political and economic factors. New research suggests that...
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