Earth Science
Oxygen in the ocean will continue to decrease for many centuries, study shows
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Should humans, whose fossil-fueled society is driving climate change, use technology to put the brakes on global warming?
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While it is already understood that UV-filter compounds have toxic effects on marine organisms, scientists say more work is needed to understand the impact on coral reefs
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Researchers use geological records of past sea levels to shed light on the ice sheets responsible for a rapid pulse of sea-level rise in Earth's recent past
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In partnership with the USDA Forest Service, University of Missouri researchers developed a system to prioritize most toxic pollutants
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Researchers now think the region's widespread loss of glacier ice helped set the stage for 1958 quake
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Researchers use a new method based on nano-structured mass spectrometry to analyze snow samples for micro- and nano-sized particles of various plastics
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Recent computer modeling studies indicate that coastal wastewater infrastructure is likely to flood with groundwater as sea-level rises
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Over half the world's population lives without the protection of proper air quality standards
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Recent study is one of the few to quantify restorative thinning's effects on forest streams
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Radiocarbon measurements on the remains of 42,000-year-old New Zealand kauri trees provide the basis for better calibration of geological archives of this period
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Researchers have uncovered a key reason that mixing material called hydrogels with soil has sometimes proven disappointing for farmers
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