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Record levels of mercury released by thawing permafrost in Canadian Arctic
Permafrost thaw slumps in the western Canadian Arctic are releasing record amounts of mercury into waterways,…
Seven steps to save the planet: How to take on climate change and win
It's the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced, but we can keep global warming to within…
Seven steps to save the planet: How to take on climate change and win
It's the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced, but we can keep global warming to within…
Widespread decrease in wind energy resources found over the Northern Hemisphere
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LIGO supercomputer upgrade will speed up groundbreaking astrophysics research
In 2016, an international team of scientists found definitive evidence—tiny ripples in space known as gravitational…
Here’s why data breaches like the one at Marriott are ‘treasure troves for spammers’
The massive data breach revealed by Marriott International sheds light on what hackers often do with…
Can space help us understand our cells?
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Madagascar: fear and violence making rainforest conservation more challenging than ever
People are too afraid to return to the village so they are sleeping in the forest…
New Research, Hardware Headed to Space Station
Experiments in forest observation, protein crystal growth and in-space fuel transfer demonstration are heading to the…