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04-22-2024
Warming climate turns tundra from carbon sink to source
The tundra, a critical carbon sink, is undergoing significant changes due to the warming climate. Traditionally known to store carbon, these vast, cold landscapes are now releasing it, potentially exacerbating climate change. This shift is the focus of a recent comprehensive study that delves into how the warming climate affects carbon dynamics in tundra regions across the globe. Warming effect on tundra sites To explore this phenomenon, a diverse team of 70 scientists from various countries embarked on an ambitious project. They implemented open-top chambers (OTCs) at...
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05-13-2019
Who owns public lands?
It’s a rhetorical question.  Any United States citizen ‘owns’ part...
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05-13-2019
Ancient forest in North Carolina holds the oldest trees in North America
Ancient forest in North Carolina holds the oldest trees in...
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05-12-2019
Larch trees in far north feeling effects of climate change
The warming temperatures in the far northeastern region of China...
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05-11-2019
The way that climate change questions are worded affects public feedback
The way that climate change questions are worded affects public...
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05-10-2019
New plastic material can be broken down and reused repeatedly
There are very few plastics that can be recycled into...
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05-10-2019
International agreements fail to protect Madagascar’s rosewood trees
Madagascar’s forests are beautiful but embattled.  Humans arrived on Madagascar,...
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05-10-2019
Chernobyl’s exclusion zone is now a wildlife refuge and biodiversity hotspot
In the 33 years since the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant...
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05-09-2019
Antarctic biodiversity thrives in areas where seals and penguins poop
A new study has revealed that biodiversity hotspots emerge on...
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05-09-2019
How native plants can be rescued from human development projects
When houses, shopping malls, or parking lots are built, often...
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05-09-2019
An unusually high number of whales have washed ashore in San Francisco
A necropsy of a dead gray whale that washed ashore...
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05-09-2019
Could a ‘peeling’ tectonic plate be driving Europe closer to Canada?
A tectonic plate in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast...
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05-08-2019
Only one-third of the world’s longest rivers are free-flowing
Only one-third of the world’s longest rivers are free-flowing. According...
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