Australia's Coral Sea is 'biodiversity hotspot'
The Coral Sea off Australia's northeast coast is one of the last remaining places brimming with large predatory fish such as sharks and tuna, a study released Saturday found.
The Coral Sea off Australia's northeast coast is one of the last remaining places brimming with large predatory fish such as sharks and tuna, a study released Saturday found.
Ecology
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Nancy Bertler and her team took a freezer to the coldest place on Earth, endured weeks of primitive living and risked spending the winter in Antarctic darkness, to go get ice—ice that records our climate's past and could ...
Earth Sciences
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The United States is Earth's punching bag for nasty weather.
Environment
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Earth Sciences
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Ecology
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Just days before Hurricane Sandy hit the New York and New Jersey coastline on 29 October 2012, scientists from the City University of New York's (CUNY) College of Staten Island had produced the most detailed model to date ...
Environment
Oct 27, 2013
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Earth Sciences
Sep 2, 2013
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Off the seaside of Virginia's Eastern Shore is a chain of uninhabited barrier islands that help protect the mainland coast from storms that—thanks to climate change—are increasing in both frequency and intensity.
Environment
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Ecology
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Environment
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