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11-01-2021
Barbary ground squirrels find safety in numbers
New research published in the journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology...
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11-01-2021
Greenland is now losing 357 billion tons of ice each year
It should come as no surprise that a warming world...
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11-01-2021
Polar bear diets reflect environmental changes
When people hear the words "global warming," they often think...
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11-01-2021
Scientists unearth "genetic goldmine" for heat resistant crops
A new study has identified genes that enable plants to...
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10-31-2021
Deepest earthquake ever detected struck Japan in 2015
According to a team of scientists led by the University...
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10-30-2021
Scavengers protect livestock from infectious disease
Brucellosis is an infectious bacterial disease that causes female bison,...
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10-29-2021
Air humidity has a big influence on rainfall in the Corn Belt
The US is the largest producer of corn in the...
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10-29-2021
Upper ocean layer contains 24 trillion pieces of microplastics
Microplastics are tiny fragments of degraded plastic, no greater than...
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10-29-2021
Rivers in the American West are a lifesaving resource for birds
A new study led by the University of Utah and...
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10-29-2021
Marine heatwaves reduce the oceans’ ability to absorb carbon
Marine heatwaves, a direct consequence of climate change, are occurring...
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10-29-2021
Over half of the world’s vertebrates reside in the tropics
It has long been known that, when it comes to...
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10-29-2021
Global warming may cause birds to cancel their migrations
Retired people who choose to spend the winter months in...
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