When rare California toads get thirsty for love, this tiny college helps set the mood
When you're as rare and vulnerable as a black toad, you can't afford to be coy about romance.
Ecology
Apr 12, 2021
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States are growing fewer trees. Forest owners say that's a problem
When wildfires ripped through Oregon last Labor Day, they burned huge swaths of forest, including 63,000 acres of smaller, private lands.
Environment
Apr 12, 2021
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'Spectacle of nature': A Denali glacier is speeding downhill, potentially hampering climbers and increasing flood risk
A Denali glacier suddenly moving at a speedier clip is intriguing scientists, increasing the risk of nearby flooding and potentially closing off some climbing routes on the mountain this season.
Environment
Apr 12, 2021
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Researchers find bubbles speed up energy transfer
Energy flows through a system of atoms or molecules by a series of processes such as transfers, emissions, or decay. You can visualize some of these details like passing a ball (the energy) to someone else (another particle), ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 12, 2021
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Road salts and other human sources are threatening world's freshwater supplies
When winter storms threaten to make travel dangerous, people often turn to salt, spreading it liberally over highways, streets and sidewalks to melt snow and ice. Road salt is an important tool for safety, because many thousands ...
Environment
Apr 12, 2021
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Bottom-up is the way forward for nitrogen reduction at institutions
Nitrogen is an element basic for life—plants need it, animals need it, it's in our DNA—but when there's too much nitrogen in the environment, things can go haywire. On Cape Cod, excess nitrogen in estuaries and salt marshes ...
Environment
Apr 12, 2021
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Researchers engineer probiotic yeast to produce beta-carotene
Researchers have genetically engineered a probiotic yeast to produce beta-carotene in the guts of laboratory mice. The advance demonstrates the utility of work the researchers have done to detail how a suite of genetic engineering ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 12, 2021
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Common approach to diversity in higher education reflects preferences of white Americans
Increasing diversity remains a key priority at universities, especially in the wake of mass demonstrations in support of racial equality in 2020 following the death of George Floyd. Many universities are guided by the motivation ...
Social Sciences
Apr 12, 2021
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Plastic planet: Tracking pervasive microplastics across the globe
Really big systems, like ocean currents and weather, work on really big scales. And so too does your plastic waste, according to new research from Janice Brahney from the Department of Watershed Sciences. The plastic straw ...
Environment
Apr 12, 2021
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Scientists discover three liquid phases in aerosol particles
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have discovered three liquid phases in aerosol particles, changing our understanding of air pollutants in the Earth's atmosphere.
Condensed Matter
Apr 12, 2021
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