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A complex task: Carbon sequestration in marshes depends on many variables
While a single plant is capable of fixing inorganic carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air, the entire ecosystem surrounding the plant, including water, other organisms and soil conditions, influences how efficiently the ecosystem ...
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Geospatial modeling research identifies key areas for improvement
Geospatial modeling methods have become an important tool for environmental monitoring, which is used to manage environmental risks and monitor natural disaster threats. The modeling results are an important source of information ...
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Lead contamination in ancient Greece points to societal change
Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans contaminated the environment with lead early on in antiquity.
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Ice core samples show West Antarctic ice sheet survived the last interglacial event
An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic did not melt during the last interglacial event, suggesting it could survive modern climate change. ...
The oceanic plate between Arabian and Eurasian continental plates is breaking away
An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the Zagros Mountains in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on how much the surface of the Earth has bent ...
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Tracing metals from Earth to water to life in China's Yellow River
The Yellow River, which stretches from the Tibetan Plateau to the Bohai Sea in China, is so called because of the color lent by massive amounts of suspended sediments along its 5,400-kilometer length. Its waters, sediments, ...
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Scientists find optimal coupling heights for improved surface–atmosphere modeling
Weather, climate and hydrometeorology forecasts require accurate surface–atmosphere coupled modeling. This requires the use of proper coupling heights in computing surface turbulent fluxes, or the exchanges of heat, moisture ...
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Study highlights the role of mangrove systems in global biogeochemical cycles
Mangrove forests along the Amazon coast release significant amounts of trace elements such as neodymium and hafnium. These elements and their isotopic compositions can serve to understand the inputs of micronutrients which ...
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Jan 29, 2025
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Large magma bodies found beneath dormant volcanoes, surprising scientists
New Cornell University led-research challenges the long-standing belief that active volcanoes have large magma bodies that are expelled during eruptions and then dissipate over time as the volcanoes become dormant.
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Jan 28, 2025
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Maine's 3.8 magnitude earthquake should serve as 'conversation starter for preparedness,' expert says
The state of Maine was hit by a rare 3.8 magnitude earthquake Monday morning, a tremor that could be felt across the New England region.
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Jan 28, 2025
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Q&A: How rate of CO₂ rise can affect a global ocean current
As we burn fossil fuels, the amount of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere is gradually rising, and with it, the planet's average temperature. How fast the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide—and with it, the temperature—goes ...
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Jan 28, 2025
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Ocean-surface warming has more than quadrupled since the late-1980s, study shows
The rate of ocean warming has more than quadrupled over the past four decades, a new study has shown. Ocean temperatures were rising at about 0.06 degrees Celsius per decade in the late 1980s, but are now increasing at 0.27 ...
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Jan 28, 2025
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'Last Ice Area' in the Arctic could disappear much sooner than previously thought
The Arctic's "Last Ice Area" (LIA)—a vital habitat for ice-dependent species—might disappear within a decade after the central Arctic Ocean becomes ice-free in summer, which is expected to occur sometime around mid-century, ...
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Jan 27, 2025
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Global sea level very likely to rise between 0.5 and 1.9 meters by 2100 under a high-emissions scenario
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from NTU Singapore, and Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), The Netherlands, has projected that if the rate of global CO2 emissions continues to increase and reaches a high ...
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Jan 27, 2025
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Unraveling the connection between Canadian wildfires and Arctic ice clouds
Clouds, composed of tiny water droplets or ice crystals, play a vital role in regulating Earth's climate by influencing the amount of solar radiation that reaches the surface. The cloud phase significantly impacts the surface ...
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Jan 27, 2025
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Hawai'i's two most active volcanoes share a magma source, research reveals
Using a nearly 200-year record of lava chemistry from Kīlauea and Maunaloa, Earth scientists from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa and colleagues revealed that Hawai'i's two most active volcanoes share a source of magma ...
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Jan 27, 2025
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Smoldering woody debris fuels air pollution over the Amazon
A study reveals that fire emissions in the Amazon and Cerrado are largely driven by the smoldering combustion of woody debris. This crucial discovery highlights the significant influence of fuel characteristics on fire emissions, ...
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Jan 27, 2025
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Scientists deploy tsunami-sensing buoy, aiding future warning system
There's often little warning when a tsunami strikes, but a research team at USF aims to improve the forecasting of these hazardous events for communities that are most at risk.
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Jan 27, 2025
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Unveiling Japan's geological history through volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits
The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which we are living. These tectonic plates are in continuous motion, and when one plate is pushed under ...
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Jan 27, 2025
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Krill vertical migration may have smaller impact on carbon export than previously thought
Antarctic krill swimming between the Southern Ocean's surface and seafloor depths, make a "surprisingly small" contribution to the carbon export "highway" compared to their fast-sinking feces, according to research published ...
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Jan 24, 2025
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