A team of scientists from the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, the University of Basel, and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, has completed the ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2023
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Why do humans undertake journeys of personal exploration, or subject themselves to challenging conditions for long periods of time? What might we learn from their experiences?
Space Exploration
Jul 3, 2023
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For many Canadian parents, the start of the summer holidays is turning into a headache, as thick wildfire smoke forces them to check air quality indices the same way they might normally check the weather forecast.
Environment
Jun 30, 2023
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In the woods of the northeastern U.S., a strange disease is creeping through the canopies. Spreading quickly, it causes leaves and branches to wither and, in many cases, the tree to eventually die.
Plants & Animals
Jun 23, 2023
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The world has watched in shock as rescue crews feverishly search for the Titan submersible vehicle, which disappeared while attempting to take tourists to view the wreckage of the Titanic in the North Atlantic.
Social Sciences
Jun 22, 2023
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Social media contains enormous amounts of data about people, our everyday lives, and our interactions with our surroundings. As a byproduct, it also contains a vast trove of information about the natural world.
Plants & Animals
Jun 5, 2023
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By combining the scientific powerhouses of genetics and geology, University of Otago researchers have identified a new area of coastal uplift, which had been hiding in plain sight.
Earth Sciences
May 17, 2023
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I was part of a team that recently discovered human-made pollutants in one of the deepest and most remote places on Earth—the Atacama Trench, which goes down to a depth of 8,000 meters in the Pacific Ocean. The presence ...
Earth Sciences
May 1, 2023
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As an ecologist, Dr. Julia Tavares often has to consider how to collect data from remote locations.
Ecology
Apr 29, 2023
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Using hydrophones to eavesdrop on a reef off the coast of Goa, India, researchers have helped advance a new low-cost way to monitor changes in the world's murky marine environments.
Ecology
Apr 27, 2023
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