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Oldest known wild bird in US returns to Midway to raise chick

The oldest known U.S. wild bird – a coyly conservative 60 — is a new mother. The bird, a Laysan albatross named Wisdom, was spotted a few weeks ago with a…

Melting ice sheets now largest contributor to sea level rise

The findings of the study – the longest to date of changes in polar ice sheet mass – suggest these ice sheets are overtaking ice loss from Earth's mountain…

Satellites Tell What Is Dust and What Is Clouds

“I do worry about upsetting the people I worked with, but they're always trying to improve their product,” said Aaron Naeger, 25, a doctoral student in…

New System Can Warn of Tsunamis Within Minutes

The system, known as RTerg, could help reduce the death toll by giving local residents valuable time to move to safer ground. The study by researchers at the…

Soot packs a punch on Tibetan Plateau's climate

In some cases, soot – the fine, black carbon silt that is released from stoves, cars and manufacturing plants – can pack more of a climatic punch than…

Models Calculate Deforestation's Impact on Kilimanjaro

The first piece of that research, which looked only at the month of July, found that deforestation is changing weather patterns around the mountain but not (at…

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