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Great Barrier Reef at risk of going environmentally bankrupt.
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by Will Koulouris
SYDNEY, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Great Barrier Reef has been valued at 56 billion Australian dollars (42.44 billion U.S. dollars)...
Iron chemistry matters for ocean carbon uptake.
Upsala Glacier, Argentina, where scientists collected glacial dust samples. When glaciers move across bedrock, they scrape against it (see glacial grooves in the foreground),...
Evidence for past large earthquakes in the Eastern Tennessee seismic zone
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Biodiversity loss from deep-sea mining will be unavoidable
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Vinegar: A cheap and simple way to help plants fight drought
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Monitoring changes in wetland extent can help predict the rate of climate change
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Microplastics sloughed from synthetic fabrics in the washing machine
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Hydraulic fracturing rarely linked to felt seismic tremors
Hydraulic fracturing and saltwater disposal has limited impact on seismic events, research indicates.
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