It’s like it never left: Another El Niño may be on the way.
Leer en españolBy HENRY FOUNTAINApril 13, 2017Less than a year after one of the strongest El Niños on record, forecasters see an increasing possibility that another...
Research advances energy savings for oil, gas industries
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Three new uranium minerals from Utah
Three new minerals recently found are secondary crusts found in old uranium mines in southern Utah. They're bright, yellow and hard to find. Meet...
Floods and hurricanes predicted with social media
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Underwater mountains help ocean water rise from abyss
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US desert songbirds at risk in a warming climate
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Standardized analytic protocols will help to assess the amount, quality, and risk of microplastic...
Since the first reports on a dramatic increase in microplastic contamination in the sea twenty years ago, research efforts have intensified worldwide. A new...
Biodiversity can promote ecosystem efficiency
Humans influence evolution. In the case of whitefish in Swiss lakes, one consequence of this is replacement of a diversity of specialized species by...
Bioinvasion is jeopardizing Mediterranean marine communities
Non-indigenous species are harming indigenous species and habitats in the Mediterranean Sea, impairing potentially exploitable marine resources and raising concern about human health issues,...
Discovery of widespread platinum may help solve Clovis people mystery
No one knows for certain why the Clovis people and iconic beasts -- mastodon, mammoth and saber-toothed tiger -- living some 12,800 years ago...
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