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Environment Jan 17, 2022

Flights sent to assess Tonga damage after volcanic eruption

New Zealand and Australia were able to send military surveillance flights to Tonga on Monday to assess the damage a huge undersea volcanic eruption left in the Pacific island nation.

Materials Science Jan 15, 2022

Program helps speed up research of complex chemistry problems

A successful partnership to help make aspects of chemistry research faster and more productive was recently renewed for another four years.

Environment Jan 14, 2022

Rivers speeding up Arctic ice melt at alarming rate, experts say

Irina Panyushkina grew up in Siberia, near the Arctic Circle. She was raised on stories of explorers trudging through seas of ice to reach the North Pole.

Archaeology Jan 7, 2022

Archaeological dig reveals participants in California's Gold Rush dined on salted Atlantic cod

It turns out San Francisco has been a destination for lovers of imported delicacies since its earliest Gold Rush days.

Plants & Animals Jan 6, 2022

Researchers develop automated method to identify fish calls underwater

An Oregon State University research team and collaborators have developed an automated method that can accurately identify calls from a family of fishes.

Environment Dec 29, 2021

A dozen things that helped and hurt climate progress in 2021

2021 may turn out to be the most critical year in our efforts to combat climate change. After four years of inaction and backpedaling by the Trump administration, the U.S. under President Biden is attempting to make up for ...

Environment Dec 23, 2021

Unprecedented die-offs, melting ice: Climate change is wreaking havoc in the Arctic and beyond

Forces profound and alarming are reshaping the upper reaches of the North Pacific and Arctic oceans, breaking the food chain that supports billions of creatures and one of the world's most important fisheries.

Plants & Animals Dec 22, 2021

Team succeeds in culturing the pygmy zebra octopus

For generations, scientists have relied on a handful of organisms to study the fundamentals of biology. The usual suspects—fruit flies, zebrafish, and mice, among others—all have short lifespans, small body size, can ...

Environment Dec 11, 2021

Climate cycles create California precipitation uncertainty

Over the past 40 years, winters in California have become drier. This is a problem for the region's agricultural operations, as farmers rely on winter precipitation to irrigate their crops. Determining if California will ...

Plants & Animals Dec 10, 2021

Climate-driven disease compromises seagrass health

In an oceanic omen for climate change's intensifying effects, Cornell-led research shows that seagrass—through large swaths of intertidal meadows in the Pacific Northwest—suffers from a lesion-filled wasting disease. ...

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