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  Recent Russian Arctic glacier loss doubles from the previous 60 years

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  Geophysicists examining glacier changes in the Russian Arctic have found that the rate of ice mass loss has nearly doubled over the last decade when compared to records from the previous 60 years, according to Cornell-led ...

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  Balancing nuclear and renewable energy

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  Nuclear power plants typically run either at full capacity or not at all. Yet the plants have the technical ability to adjust to the changing demand for power and thus better accommodate sources of renewable energy such as ...

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  Massive study across western equatorial Africa finds more gorillas and chimpanzees than expected

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  A massive decade-long study of Western Equatorial Africa's gorillas and chimpanzees has uncovered both good news and bad about our nearest relatives. The good news: there are one third more western lowland gorillas and one ...

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  Researchers study how early humans thrived through volcanic winter

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  UTA researcher Naomi Cleghorn has participated in a Nature paper that describes how humans thrived in South Africa through the Toba volcanic eruption about 74,000 years ago, which created a decades-long volcanic winter.

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  Many low-lying atoll islands could be uninhabitable by mid-21st century

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  Sea-level rise and wave-driven flooding will negatively impact freshwater resources on many low-lying atoll islands in such a way that many could be uninhabitable in just a few decades. According to a new study published ...

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  Ultrahigh-pressure laser experiments shed light on super-Earth cores

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  Using high-powered laser beams, researchers have simulated conditions inside a planet three times as large as Earth.

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  Weather associated with sentiments expressed on social media

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  Sentiments expressed on Facebook and Twitter may be associated with certain weather patterns, according to a study published April 25, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Patrick Baylis from the Vancouver School of ...

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  Projectile cannon experiments show how asteroids can deliver water

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  Experiments using a high-powered projectile cannon show how impacts by water-rich asteroids can deliver surprising amounts of water to planetary bodies. The research, by scientists from Brown University, could shed light ...

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  Parasite eggs from ancient latrines hint at people's past diets

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  DNA in parasite eggs recovered from ancient latrines provides new clues to the foods eaten by past populations, as well as their animal domestication and hunting practices, according to a study published April 25, 2018 in ...

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  Researchers identify promising delivery method for immunotherapy combination

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  Using nanoparticles to bind molecules that can unleash and stimulate immune cells, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers found they could more effectively trigger the body's defenses ...