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NSF-funded researchers find that ice sheet is dynamic and has repeatedly grown and shrunk

The East Antarctic Ice Sheet locks away enough water to raise sea level an estimated 53 meters (174 feet), more than any other ice sheet on the planet. It's…

Scientists call for improved technologies to save imperiled California salmon

Scientists working to protect California's most endangered salmon say in a new report that key improvements in tracking Sacramento River winter-run Chinook…

Electromagnetic water cloak eliminates drag and wake

Researchers have developed a water cloaking concept based on electromagnetic forces that could eliminate an object's wake, greatly reducing its drag while…

Multi-year submarine-canyon study challenges textbook theories about turbidity currents

At the Fall 2017 meeting of the American Geophysical Union, scientists from around the world will present 19 talks and posters about the Coordinated Canyon…

Scientists channel graphene to understand filtration and ion transport into cells

To rapidly transport the right ions through the cell membrane, the tiny channels rely on a complex interplay between the ions and surrounding molecules,…

How do megacities impact coastal seas? Searching for evidence in Chinese marginal seas

The largest cities of the world can be found in China. When the number of inhabitants exceeds 10 million, those cities are referred to as ‘megacities’. There…

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