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Among the many factors that impact digital marketing and online advertising strategy, a new study provides insight to a growing trend among firms and...
Ancient Italian fossils reveal risk of parasitic infections due to climate change
In 2014, a team of researchers found that clams from the Holocene Epoch (that began 11,700 years ago) contained clues about how sea level...
Shale gas development spurring spread of invasive plants in Pennsylvania forests
Vast swaths of Pennsylvania forests were clear-cut circa 1900 and regrowth has largely been from local native plant communities, but a team of researchers...
Paying people to protect forests is worth it
A new study suggests that paying people to conserve their trees could be a highly cost-effective way to reduce deforestation and carbon emissions and...
Climate change and sugarcane expansion expected to boost hantavirus cases
Rising global temperatures and changes to land use have both been shown to have profound impacts on human health. Now researchers have found one...
Crustal limestone platforms feed carbon to many of Earth’s arc volcanoes
A new analysis suggests that much of the carbon released from volcanic arcs, chains of volcanoes that arise along the tectonic plates of a...
In making decisions, are you an ant or a grasshopper?
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To avoid climate catastrophe, we need to work on carbon storage.
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Protecting Louisiana: Projects aim to strengthen for storms.
Louisiana will spend nearly $277 million in federal cash it received after last year's floods to fortify communities against future disasters, mainly through drainage...
Could sharks help save shipping industry billions?
Whales, sharks, butterflies and lotus leaves might together hold the secret to saving the shipping industry millions and help save the planet, according to...
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Gorillas, rhinos, lions and more will soon become extinct without immediate action
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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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