Coastal seas form a complex transition zone between the two largest CO2 sinks in the global carbon cycle: land and ocean. Ocean researchers have now succeeded for the first time in investigating the role of the coastal ocean ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2024
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Rapid climate action could mean devastating dry periods in the Mediterranean become less frequent by the end of the century, a new study shows.
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2024
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More efficient use of phosphorus could see limited stocks of the important fertilizer last more than 500 years and boost global food production to feed growing populations.
Agriculture
Mar 25, 2024
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Some plant species will "win" and others will "lose" as global warming forces them to move uphill, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Mar 25, 2024
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For the first time in history, a single language dominates global scientific communication. But the actual production of knowledge continues to be a multilingual enterprise.
Social Sciences
Mar 23, 2024
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Ground-based measuring devices and aircraft radar operated in the far northeast of Greenland show how much ice the 79° N-Glacier is losing. According to measurements conducted by the Alfred Wegener Institute, the thickness ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 22, 2024
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A high-powered intervention by 23 former national Presidents, 22 former Prime Ministers, a former UN General Secretary, and 3 Nobel Laureates are being made today to press for an urgent agreement from international negotiators ...
Political science
Mar 22, 2024
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The dust of comets fills the space between the planets, collectively called the zodiacal cloud. Still, severe breakdown has reduced that dust in size so much that it now scatters sunlight efficiently, causing the faint glow ...
Astronomy
Mar 21, 2024
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A product used to control pest slugs on farms in multiple countries is deadly to least one type of native woodland snail endemic to the Pacific Northwest, according to scientists who say more study is needed before the product ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 21, 2024
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Japan's space agency and its prime contractor said Thursday they hope to be able to forge a profitable launch business with their new H3 rocket after its first successful flight last month in an increasingly competitive market ...
Space Exploration
Mar 21, 2024
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