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Two new studies have shown that sunlight transforms oil spills on the ocean surface more significantly and quickly than previously thought. The phenomenon considerably...
How do marine mammals avoid the bends?
Deep-diving whales and other marine mammals can get the bends -- the same painful and potentially life-threatening decompression sickness that strikes scuba divers who...
Corn with straw mulch builds yield, soil carbon
How do you boost soil water content and soil health without irrigating? Best cover it with a layer of straw, a new study concludes.
Billions of gallons of water saved by thinning forests
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Blinded by the light: Climate change, the sun, and Lake Superior
Lakes tend to emit carbon dioxide (CO2) to the atmosphere, making them important players in the planet's natural regulation of its climate. However, the...
Airborne dust threatens human health in Southwest
Researchers have found that in the coming decades, increased dust emissions from severe and prolonged droughts in the American Southwest could result in significant...
Killer whale genetics raise inbreeding questions
A new genetic analysis of Southern Resident killer whales found that two male whales fathered more than half of the calves born since 1990...
Deep water aquifer acts like natural bio-reactor, allowing microbes to consume carbon
Researchers have shown that underground aquifers along the mid-ocean ridge act like natural biological reactors, pulling in cold, oxygenated seawater, and allowing microbes to...
Land use and pollution shift female-to-male ratios in snapping turtles
Current research shows that increasing global temperatures as a result of climate change are expected to produce more female turtles since their offspring are...
Record concentration of microplastic in Arctic sea ice
Experts have recently found higher amounts of microplastic in arctic sea ice than ever before. However, the majority of particles were microscopically small.
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