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From Lab to Field: CABBI Pipeline Delivers Oil-Rich Sorghum

Researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) have developed a new sorghum variant that can outperform soybeans in oil production, with great potential as a clean source of renewable fuel.

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Technology for Oxidizing Atmospheric Methane Won’t Help the Climate

As the atmosphere continues to fill with greenhouse gases from human activities, many proposals have surfaced to “geoengineer” climate-saving solutions, that is, alter the atmosphere at a global scale to either reduce the concentrations of carbon or mute its warming effect.

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Thawing Permafrost Threatens up to Three Million People in Arctic Regions

First comprehensive pan-Arctic study of social impacts of thawing permafrost soils.

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New Study Reveals How Climate Change May Alter Hydrology of Grassland Ecosystems

New research co-led by the University of Maryland reveals that drought and increased temperatures in a CO2-rich climate can dramatically alter how grasslands use and move water. 

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To Mitigate Impact of Wildfires on Communities’ Water, Report Fills Gaps in Guidance to Public Drinking Water System Staff

Wildfires increasingly threaten public drinking water systems, but guidance on how to address damage to these systems from a wildfire has been insufficient, conflicting or inaccurate. 

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Carbon Dioxide Levels Rose by a Record Amount Last Year

Carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than ever before, putting hopes of limiting warming in jeopardy.

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Songbirds Socialize on the Wing During Migration, New Study Says

The night sky teems with migrating songbirds, aloft in their millions following routes etched in evolutionary time. 

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New Study Finds That Critical Ocean Current Has Not Declined in the Last 60 Years

Earth, being 71 percent covered in water, is influenced by the ocean and its movements. 

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The Palisades Fire’s Footprint

The Palisades fire ignited around 10:30 a.m. on January 7, 2025, near the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. 

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