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Large plastic bags in unique experiment to study ocean acidification

The project is unique: mesocosms of this size have never been used for such a long period of time. The experiment is part of a worldwide research project, and…

Antarctic and Arctic Insects Use Different Genetic Mechanisms to Cope With Lack of Water

Although they live in similarly extreme ecosystems at opposite ends of the world, Antarctic insects appear to employ entirely different methods at the genetic…

Loss of Summer Rains Stoked Long Droughts in Southwest

The finding contradicts a commonly held belief regarding the region – that a dry winter rainy season is generally followed by a wet summer season, and vice…

Researcher Discovers Plankton Adjusts to Changing Ocean Temperatures

Texas Tech Associate Professor and Whitacre Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering Jian Sheng, along with biologists Brad Gemmell and Edward Buskey from the…

Tracking sediments’ fate in largest-ever dam removal

The 108-foot Elwha Dam was built in 1910, and after decades of debate it was finally dismantled last year. Roughly a third of the 210-foot Glines Canyon Dam…

Arctic Ice Loss Amplified Superstorm Sandy Violence

Cornell and Rutgers researchers report in the March issue of Oceanography that the severe loss of summertime Arctic sea ice – attributed to greenhouse warming…

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