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Archaeology Aug 16, 2023

Drones reveal the secrets of one of World War II's bloodiest battles

Archaeologists have used high-resolution LiDAR equipment mounted on a drone to investigate a section of the battlefield of the Battle of the Bulge (December 1944 to January 1945), revealing almost 1,000 previously unknown ...

Plants & Animals Jun 27, 2023

A worm named after a comedian is impacting spiny lobster reproduction and could threaten a lucrative fishing interest

A species of nemertean worm discovered by a Clemson University marine biologist five years ago affects the reproductive performance of Caribbean spiny lobsters, a critical species in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

Social Sciences Apr 11, 2023

Some states want to give you a constitutional right to a clean environment

New Mexico's budget relies heavily on oil and gas revenue, but the state also bears the scars of generations of mining and drilling. So when Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, a former law professor and current Democratic state senator, ...

Social Sciences Feb 17, 2023

Parents' perception and mediation of video game risk in Norway

When it comes to video games, boys are the main source of parents' concern, and maybe rightly so.

Earth Sciences Jan 23, 2023

NASA measures underground water flowing from Sierra to Central Valley

In a recent study, scientists found that a previously unmeasured source—water percolating through soil and fractured rock below California's Sierra Nevada mountains—delivers an average of 4 million acre feet (5 cubic ...

Earth Sciences Jan 11, 2023

Scientists and satellites make sense of Earth's subtle motions

What can hidden motions underground tell us about earthquakes, eruptions, and even climate change? NASA scientists are using data gathered 400 miles above Earth to find out.

Environment May 9, 2022

More difficult than expected for glaciers to recover from climate warming

Ice shelves are floating extensions of glaciers. If Greenland's second largest ice shelf breaks up, it may not recover unless Earth's future climate cools considerably. This is the result of a new study, published in Nature ...

Environment Dec 23, 2020

Winter storm in Dakotas, Minnesota make travel frightful

A storm that began with snow, strong winds and bitter cold into the eastern Dakotas and western Minnesota early Wednesday and began moving east was making travel treacherous and grounded flights on one of the most anticipated ...

Ecology Dec 9, 2020

Meet the aquaculture industry's new maintenance bot

This ROV can fully operate on its own, and follow along with fish's behavior and health with its Argus eyes—all while keeping a safe distance. It even inspects the technical standard of the enclosure while it's at it. Say ...

Ecology Nov 25, 2020

The invasive species that Europe needs to erradicate most urgently are identified

Species such as the golden apple snail are putting the agricultural sector in the Ebro river basin in quite a predicament. Meanwhile, in the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula, water hyacinths are threatening to destroy ...

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