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New armored dinosaur named for museum professor
A new armored dinosaur, known as an ankylosaur, has been described and named for Prof Paul…
Algae blooms increase snowmelt in the Pacific Northwest by 20%
Algae that commonly grow on snow in the Pacific Northwest have been ignored in melt models,…
Carbon mitigation payments can make bioenergy crops more appealing for farmers
Bioenergy crops such as miscanthus and switchgrass provide several environmental benefits, but low returns and profit…
Tiny nanopores can contribute to faster identification of diseases
In a collaboration with Groningen University, Professor Jørgen Kjems and his research group at Aarhus University…
We've pumped so much groundwater that we've nudged the Earth's spin, says new study
By pumping water out of the ground and moving it elsewhere, humans have shifted such a…
Study investigates how young fish ingest plastic
In a new study, marine biologist Carolin Müller of the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research…
New butterfly species named after Smithsonian's retired museum specialist
When introducing a new species to science, taxonomists always get to choose its scientific name. And…
Dirtiest snow-year in the Wasatch accelerated snowmelt by 17 days in Utah, finds study
As the shrinking Great Salt Lake exposes an ever-growing area of its lakebed, wind-blown dust becomes…
In burned-out groves of giant sequoias, crews plant seeds of hope; will they survive?
The worker stabbed the loamy soil with a hoedad, dropped in a delicate sequoia seedling and…