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Is that turtle legal? Fighting wildlife trafficking with stable isotopes

Wildlife trafficking endangers biodiversity by removing animals from wild populations for the illegal pet trade. Many traffickers try to avoid prosecution by falsely claiming...

Tungsten isotopes in seawater expose co-evolution of Earth’s mantle and continents

Andrea Mundl-Petermeier and Sebastian Viehmann of the Department of Lithospheric Research at the University of Vienna have demonstrated that a new geochemical archive which...

Isotope analyses discovers secrets of Iron age

Scientists are unlocking secrets about Early Iron Age trade routes by lead isotope analyses of ancient copper ingots. They are discovering indigenous Mediterranean communities’...

JET sets new fusion energy record with deuterium-tritium fuel

The Joint European Torus (JET), one of the world’s largest and most powerful fusion machines, has achieved a new energy record by using the...

Fig Trees: Unraveling the Evolutionary Journey of a Diverse Plant Genus

Fig trees, with their remarkable diversity comprising over 850 species, have long fascinated scientists worldwide. In a groundbreaking study published in the Proceedings of the...

Stop counting cups. There’s an ocean of difference in our water needs

A new study involving thousands of people reveals a wide range in the amount of water people consume around the world and over their...

Ancient global ocean on Mars may have come from carbon-rich chondrite meteorites from the outer solar system

According to new research published in Science Advances, the bombardment of Mars by a specific type of meteorite carried a large volume of water...

Footprints claimed as evidence of ice age humans in North America need better dating, new research claims

The footprints were discovered in an ancient lakebed alongside evidence of giant sloths and mammoths. The study concluded that they were the "earliest unequivocal...

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