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When Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico in September 2017 as a high-end category 4 storm, it left in its wake the largest catastrophe...
Chemists develop radical way to make it easier, more profitable to recycle plastic
Very little of the plastic water bottles, milk jugs and yogurt cups we use gets recycled. But chemists now describe a radical method they...
The frogs of Baja California: Scientists assess amphibian disease
Biologists from Southern and Baja California have published the first major account of the amphibian disease chytridiomycosis in the Mediterranean region of Baja California....
Big data imaging shows rock’s big role in channeling earthquakes in Japan
Thanks to 20 years of seismic data processed through one of the world's most powerful supercomputers, scientists have created the first complete, 3D visualization...
Jet stream models help inform US offshore wind development
With the federal government planning to hold the largest sale of offshore wind farm leases in the nation's history, a new study could help...
New fossil reveals origin of arthropod breathing system
Scientists have discovered a new fossil that reveals the origin of gills in arthropods.
Globe’s glaciers have less ice than previously thought
Research revises estimates of glacial ice volume, suggesting that there is less ice in the world's glaciers than previously thought. The findings have implications...
Shifting rainfall patterns will affect whether an imperiled butterfly survives climate change
When we think of climate change, we often imagine how a warmer world will impact species, but a new study highlights the importance of...
Drones help solve tropical tree mortality mysteries
Understanding when and where trees die in vast tropical forests is a challenging first step toward understanding carbon dynamics and climate change. Researchers explained...
Deep insights into the Arctic of tomorrow
Hundreds of international researchers are currently analyzing observations from the one-year MOSAiC expedition, during which hundreds of environmental parameters were recorded with unprecedented accuracy...
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