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Oil spill clean-up: Better method
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How the development of skulls and beaks made Darwin’s finches one of the most...
Darwin's finches are among the most celebrated examples of adaptive radiation in the evolution of modern vertebrates and now a new study has provided...
Past climate safe havens now most vulnerable
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How the ocean is gnawing away at glaciers
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Losing coastal plant communities to climate change will weaken sea defenses
New research suggests the impact of rising sea levels and the increased frequency and intensity of extreme storm events on coastal plants needs to...
Agricultural area residents in danger of inhaling toxic aerosols
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Climate change affects soil health
Climate change is affecting the health of agricultural soils. Increased heat and drought make life easy for the pathogenic fungus Pythium ultimum. As an...
Persistent Quaternary climate refugia are hospices for biodiversity in the Anthropocene
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 03 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0682-7The stability of climatic conditions since the Last Glacial Maximum has contributed to current global patterns...
Reduced European aerosol emissions suppress winter extremes over northern Eurasia
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 03 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0693-4Anthropogenic aerosol emissions decreased over North America and Europe but increased over Asia since the 1970s....
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