Response to fire impacts water levels 40 years into future
Salvage logging and re-seeding a forest after a wildfire helps reduce flooding and returns water levels to normal faster, according to a new article.
Novel avian species: 10 new bird taxa in islands of Wallacea
A research team found five bird species and five subspecies new to science in three small island groups off Sulawesi, Indonesia. The islands are...
Does hydrogen have a role to play in a clean-energy future?
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Cracks in Arctic sea ice turn low clouds on and off
The prevailing view has been that more leads are associated with more low-level clouds during winter. But an atmospheric scientists noticed something strange in...
Satellite constellations harvest energy for near-total global coverage
Scientists have discovered the right combination of factors to make a four-satellite constellation possible, which could drive advances in telecommunication, navigation and remote sensing.
Large ‘herbivores of the sea’ help keep coral reefs healthy
Selective fishing can disrupt the delicate balance maintained between corals and algae in embattled Caribbean coral reefs.
Common chemical disrupts reproductive biology
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BPA replacement, BPS, hinders heart function, study reveals
BPA's counterpart replacement BPS can hinder heart function within minutes of a single exposure, according to a new study.
Toward a smarter way of recharging the aquifer
Researchers have solved a mystery: how did arsenic show up in aquifer water that had been triple purified? Dissolved organic compounds.
Scientists use ancient marine fossils to unravel long-standing climate puzzle
Scientists have shed new light on the Earth's climate behavior during the last known period of global warming over 14 million years ago.
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