Before global warming, was the Earth cooling down or heating up?
A review article addresses a conflict between models and evidence, known as the Holocene global temperature conundrum.
Microbes play a key role in unleashing ‘forever chemicals’ from recycled-waste fertilizer
'Forever chemicals' are everywhere -- water, soil, crops, animals, the blood of 97% of Americans -- researchers are trying to figure out how they...
How to make hydrogen straight from seawater — no desalination required
Researchers have developed a cheaper and more energy-efficient way to make hydrogen directly from seawater, in a critical step towards a truly viable green...
Whale warning as clock ticks towards deep-sea mining
Seabed mining could soon begin in the deep ocean -- but the potential impact on animals including whales is unknown, researchers have warned.
Upsurge in rocket launches could impact the ozone layer
Researchers have summarized the threats that future rocket launches would pose to Earth's protective ozone layer.
Kangaroo fecal microbes could reduce methane from cows
Baby kangaroo feces might help provide an unlikely solution to the environmental problem of cow-produced methane. A microbial culture developed from the kangaroo feces...
New technique maps large-scale impacts of fire-induced permafrost thaw in Alaska
Researchers have developed a machine learning-based ensemble approach to quantify fire-induced thaw settlement across the entire Tanana Flats in Alaska, which encompasses more than...
Better understanding on the way to a carbon-neutral economy
What role could rifted margins play in the transition to a carbon-neutral economy? Researchers summarize the current state of knowledge about the so-called rifting...
Discovery could lead to new fungicides to protect rice crops
In some years, rice blast disease destroys more than one quarter of the harvest worldwide. But it's hard to fight with current methods. Researchers...
Coral reefs in the Eastern Pacific could survive into the 2060s
Scientists found that some reefs in the tropical Pacific Ocean could maintain high coral cover into the second half of this century by shuffling...
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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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Rare blindcat found in US, could prove water-filled caves connect Texas and Mexico
The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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10 magical places saved by endangered species
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