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Groundwater replenishes much faster than scientists previously thought

Ricky Kaka - December 25, 2022 0

Groundwater provides a significant portion of the world's liquid freshwater supply. These underground water reservoirs are stored in soil and aquifers. It provides water...

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More magma found below Yellowstone Caldera than expected

Maruti Shah - December 9, 2022 0

Scientists believe the Yellowstone supervolcano is larger than previously thought. The 2.1-million-year-old volcano beneath Yellowstone National Park is the subject of a new study...

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COP27 summit strikes historic deal to fund climate damages

Nelish Singh - November 21, 2022 0

According to vulnerable countries and environmental experts, the L&D agreement recognises the impact of climate change. Particularly since the 1.1°C warming to date has...

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Real-time space observations can now keep watch over ‘super emitter’ power plants

Maruti Shah - October 29, 2022 0

Countries that signed the 2015 Paris Agreement committed to keeping the average global temperature rise "well below" 2 degrees Celsius. Every five years, they...

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Study finds effect of Earth’s orbit on ancient microorganisms

Maruti Shah - October 23, 2022 0

Curtin University researchers studying molecular fossils or "biomarkers" from deep beneath the Chicxulub impact crater discovered evidence of how microorganisms changed in response to...

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Modeling suggests iceberg A68’s second break was due to ocean current shear forces

Kailash Junior - October 21, 2022 0

A team of Princeton University researchers, working with a colleague from City University of New York, discovered evidence that a large portion of iceberg...

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AI predicts future fault slip in laboratory earthquakes

Kailash Junior - October 12, 2022 0

In laboratory earthquakes, an artificial intelligence approach borrowed from natural language processing much like language translation and autofill for text on your smartphone can...

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Professors call for more research into climate-change-related threats to civilization

Surekha Barfa - October 8, 2022 0

An opinion piece published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences calls for more research into the specific pathways by which...

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Climate models unreliable in predicting wave damage to coral reefs, say, scientists

Ricky Kaka - October 3, 2022 0

According to a study that was published in the journal Earth's Future, climate models are unreliable when it comes to predicting the harm that...

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Swapping meat for seafood could improve nutrition and reduce emissions

Surekha Barfa - October 3, 2022 0

According to a Communications Earth & Environment article published online, sustainable seafood could offer more nutrition to people than beef, pork, and chicken while...

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Artificial ocean cooling to weaken hurricanes is futile, study finds

Surekha Barfa - October 3, 2022 0

According to a recent study, the benefits would be insignificant even if we had infinite power to artificially cool the oceans to the point...

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NASA’s Webb catches Tarantula Nebula

Anushree Kole - September 29, 2022 0

NASA's Webb telescope captured in crisp detail a stellar nursery known as the Tarantula Nebula, revealing previously unseen features that deepen scientific understanding, the...

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Researchers reveal stratospheric air intrusion process

Surekha Barfa - September 29, 2022 0

Long-term monitoring of radionuclides transported through the atmosphere can aid in the understanding of atmospheric dynamics. The cosmogenic 10Be/7Be ratio is an effective atmospheric...

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Planting trees is not always an effective way of binding carbon dioxide

Surekha Barfa - September 29, 2022 0

As carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere rise, many people believe that planting trees is an effective way to bind carbon. However, researchers from...

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Why are the glaciers in southeast Tibet melting so fast?

Surekha Barfa - September 28, 2022 0

Millions of people rely on water from High-Mountain Asia's glaciers. South-eastern Tibet, on the other hand, has some of Asia's fastest melting glaciers. According...

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