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Scientists have revealed that the partnership between an alga and bacteria is making the essential element nitrogen newly available in the Arctic Ocean. The...
New way to sense earthquakes could help improve early warning systems
Every year earthquakes worldwide claim hundreds or even thousands of lives. Forewarning allows people to head for safety and a matter of seconds could...
Sudden emergence of a shallow aragonite saturation horizon in the Southern Ocean
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Robust abatement pathways to tolerable climate futures require immediate global action
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Halving warming with idealized solar geoengineering moderates key climate hazards
Halving warming with idealized solar geoengineering moderates key climate hazardsHalving warming with idealized solar geoengineering moderates key climate hazards, Published online: 11 March 2019;...
CO2 mineralization in geologically common rocks for carbon storage
An international research team modeled CO2 mineralization on a quartz (SiO2) surface to study the dynamics of geological trapping. In molecular dynamics simulations, CO2...
Why burning biomass is a hoax and coal is solid sunshine
Both are just compressed trees or ferns and we shouldn't be burning either of them.
Chatterpies, haggisters and ninuts could help children love conservation
Weaving stories and intriguing names into children's education about the natural world could help to engage them with species' conservation messages, new research shows.
Coral reef parks protecting only 40 percent of fish biomass potential
Marine scientists examining the ecological status of coral reefs across the Indian and Pacific oceans have uncovered an unsettling fact: even the best coral...
In developing nations, national parks could save endangered species
A new study of animal populations inside and outside a protected area in Senegal, Niokolo-Koba National Park, shows that protecting such an area from...
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