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KTU Researchers Explore Using Soil for Heat Storage

When spring arrives and the heating season comes to an end, keeping warm becomes less of an issue. 

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Plant Doctor: An AI System That Watches Over Urban Trees Without Touching a Leaf

Researchers combine machine vision and segmentation techniques into a tool to monitor urban plant health at the individual leaf level.

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Being Physically Active, Even Just a Couple of Days a Week, May Be Key to Better Health

A “weekend warrior” approach to physical activity — getting 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity over one to two days instead of throughout the week — improved health and lowered the risk of death, finds a new study in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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Scientists Unveil Starfish-Inspired Wearable Tech for Heart Monitoring

Designed by University of Missouri researchers, the device includes AI technology to detect potential heart problems with over 90% accuracy, making it a promising tool for at-home monitoring.

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A Single Dry Winter Decimated California’s Salmon and Trout Populations

A single severely dry winter temporarily, but dramatically, altered the ranges of three fishes — Chinook salmon, coho salmon, and steelhead trout — in California’s northern waterways.

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Southern Ocean Warming Leads to Wetter East Asia, Western US

As global temperatures warm, the Southern Ocean – between Antarctica and other continents – will eventually release heat absorbed from the atmosphere, leading to projected long-term increases in precipitation over East Asia and the Western U.S., regardless of climate mitigation efforts.

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Floodwaters Surge Through the Australian Outback

Heavy rainfall in Queensland sent floodwaters sweeping across vast stretches of the Australian outback in late March 2025.

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Antarctic Sea Ice Plunged in Summer 2025

In 2025, summer sea ice in the Antarctic tied for the second-lowest minimum extent ever recorded in the 47-year satellite record, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC).

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Humpback Whales’ Use of Memory to Time Their Migration Could Prove Less Effective Amid Climate Change

A new study led by McGill University researchers indicates that humpback whales in the southeastern Pacific combine real-time environmental cues with their memories of conditions in their Antarctic feeding grounds to determine when to embark on their annual 10,000-kilometre journey.

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