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Scientists have measured the density of liquid iron -- the main component of rocky planet cores -- under conditions similar to Earth's liquid core:...
The millenial pre-colonial cultural influence is evident in the Amazon forest
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Unknown currents in Southern Ocean have been observed with help of seals
Using state-of-the-art ocean robots and scientific sensors attached to seals, researchers have for the first time observed small and energetic ocean currents in the...
Traffic density, wind and air stratification influence concentrations of air pollutant NO2
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Measuring air pollution could help London transport planners fight COVID-19
Measuring air quality across London could help fight COVID-19 by providing a rapid means of deciding whether to reduce public transport movement -- given...
Maryland offshore wind farm could become stop-over for migrating sturgeon, striped bass
For the endangered Atlantic sturgeon and the commercially important striped bass, the Delaware-Maryland-Virginia coastal shelf serves as an important spring and fall migratory route....
Publisher Correction: Insights from Earth system model initial-condition large ensembles and future prospects
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 26 June 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0854-5Publisher Correction: Insights from Earth system model initial-condition large ensembles and future prospects
Airborne chemicals could become less hazardous, thanks to a missing math formula
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Unorthodox desalination method could transform global water management
Over the past year, researchers have been refining their unconventional desalination approach for hypersaline brines -- temperature swing solvent extraction (TSSE) -- that shows...
Global pollution estimates reveal surprises, opportunity
Using recent satellite observations, ground monitoring and computational modeling, researchers have released a survey of global pollution rates. There are a couple of surprises,...
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