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Quirky glacial behavior explained

In August 2012, in the frigid wilderness of West Greenland, the Jakobshavn Glacier was flowing and breaking off into the sea at record speeds, three times…

Newly discovered deep-sea microbes gobble greenhouse gases and perhaps oil spills, too

In a paper published in Nature Communications this week, researchers documented extensive diversity in the microbial communities living in the extremely hot,…

Researchers create new 'smart' material with potential biomedical, environmental uses

“One limiting factor in the use of alginate hydrogels is that they're very fragile — they tend to fall apart under mechanical load or in low salt solutions,”…

Chinese scientists unlock structural secrets of whale baleen

In a recent publication, Dr. Bin Wang from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Professors…

How Unknown Glaciers Contributed to Rising Sea Levels

The rising sea levels have several causes: thermal expansion of the water as it warms, melting glaciers and ice sheets, and finally the extraction of…

Finding plastic litter from afar

Ghost nets and other plastic garbage drifting in the sea could soon be detected automatically by planes, drones or satellites. The basis for this has been laid…

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