It's now official. Last year was the warmest year on record globally and the first to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. This doesn't mean it's too late to rein in further warming, but the ambition required rises ...
Environment
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A few things come to mind when we imagine the alpha male type. They're the ones calling the shots, who get all the girls. But there's a downside to being a strong and powerful alpha stud—at least if you're a baboon.
Plants & Animals
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White-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica who experienced more intense physiological responses to mild droughts were more fit to survive extreme drought, researchers found in a new UCLA-led study.
Plants & Animals
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Four small suitcase-sized spacecraft, designed and built by Southwest Research Institute, have made a final Earth-side pit stop at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. NASA's Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere ...
Space Exploration
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The magnitude 7.9 Bonin Islands earthquake sequence in May 2015, which ruptured deep within the earth near the base of the upper mantle, did not include an aftershock that extended to record depths into the lower mantle, ...
Earth Sciences
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Maine's lobster fishery—one that supports thousands of jobs statewide—is extensively monitored. Management efforts are informed by biological monitoring surveys observing changes in abundance and distribution of the lobster ...
Economics & Business
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From Jan. 11 to 15, 2025, a bright comet surged through images from the ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) spacecraft. Called C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), the comet made its closest pass ...
Astronomy
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Researchers from the University of British Columbia, the University of Washington, and Johns Hopkins University have identified a new class of quantum states in a custom-engineered graphene structure.
Nanophysics
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A new study shows biochar to be far more effective at long-term carbon storage than previously thought. The study reveals critical flaws in the models used by the IPCC and European climate policymakers.
Earth Sciences
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The Anthropocene is a relatively recent term, coined to define the epoch in which human activity is increasingly dictating environmental and biological change on Earth as previous periods driven by natural occurrences did ...
Economics & Business
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