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Research team draws 150-meter ice core from McCall Glacier

The core, which is longer than 1 1/2 football fields, is the longest extracted from an arctic glacier in the United States, according to Matt Nolan, an…

Projected California Warming Creates Cycle of More Heat Waves, Energy Use for 21st Century

This could mean increased demand for electricity in the densely-populated state which may increase the risk of power shortages during heat waves, said…

New NOAA coral bleaching prediction system calls for low level of bleaching in Caribbean this year

A new NOAA coral bleaching prediction system indicates that there will be some bleaching in the Caribbean later this year, but the event will probably not be…

Flatfish Fossils Fill in Evolutionary Missing Link

Hidden away in museums for more that 100 years, some recently rediscovered flatfish fossils have filled a puzzling gap in the story of evolution and answered a…

Could Climate Change Impact Costa Rica? New Study Says Yes

“Central America is a major, emerging “hot spot” in the tropics where climate change impacts on the environment will be pronounced, and the loss of species…

Ocean Wind Maps Reveal Possible Energy Sources

The new maps, based on nearly a decade of data from NASA's QuikSCAT satellite, have many potential uses, including planning the locations of offshore wind…

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