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When Does Melting Ice Capsize? New Research Unearths Several Mechanisms

Findings offer innovative ways to improve weather forecasting, measure climate-change impacts.

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Climate Change is Altering Nitrogen Composition in Arctic Rivers

Research shows shifting composition threatens marine ecosystems and highlights water quality impacts of global warming.

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Stress in the Strands: Hair Offers Clues to Children’s Mental Health

University of Waterloo study shows long-term stress levels may signal mental health risks in children with chronic physical illnesses and guide early intervention.

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Up, Up and Away: Dandelions Use Upward Winds to Spread Seeds

Chris Roh ’12 became interested in dandelions on walks with his toddler, picking the fluffy white spheres and blowing off their seeds. 

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Rings of Time: Seeking Clues to the Future in Urban Timber

One recent morning, Alan Solomon, owner of Sawkill Lumber, reached out to Mukund Rao, a dendrochronologist—a scientist who studies tree rings. 

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A New Way to Prevent Icing Problems for Aircraft and Drones

Ice formation on wind turbine blades, aircraft and drones can lead to both delays and accidents. 

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Greenland Ice Sheet Gets a Refresh

Ice covers about 1.7 million square kilometers (656,000 square miles) of Greenland, forming the largest ice sheet on Earth outside of Antarctica.

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Arctic-Bound Birds Can Still Keep Up With Climate Change – For Now

As climate change drives earlier spring conditions in the Arctic, birds species that travel there to breed there are under pressure to migrate faster. 

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U-M Scientists Discover Unique Brain Cell That May Hold Key to Alzheimer’s Disorientation

Losing your sense of direction is one of the earliest and most distressing signs of advanced Alzheimer’s disease.

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Warming Climate Drives Surge in Dengue Fever Cases

Warmer weather across the globe is reshaping the landscape of human health.

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