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Betting on Floating Ports

Building a port on land takes time. On water, the job can be done quickly.

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NASA Selects UW-Led STRIVE and EDGE Teams for Satellite Missions

NASA announced last week that both the University of Washington STRIVE team and the UW-affiliated EDGE team were selected to lead satellite missions to better understand Earth and improve capabilities to foresee environmental events and mitigate disasters.

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Sea Turtles are Nesting Earlier – but Producing Fewer Eggs, Less Often: New Research

A new 17-year study of loggerhead sea turtles nesting in Cabo Verde reveals exactly this tension.

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How can we Reverse Biodiversity Loss?

The study, published in the journal Science Advances, highlights the importance of climate policies in reversing biodiversity loss across the planet, and points to amphibians as the group of vertebrates particularly affected by the combined effects of multiple threats.

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Corals in Extreme Coastal Bays Show Greater Resilience to Climate Stress

Corals living in coastal bays with strongly fluctuating temperatures and environmental conditions are better able to withstand heat and other stressors than their counterparts on more stable reefs.

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New Research Reveals How Warming Climate Is Changing “Troublesome” Glacier Behaviour

A global analysis of glacier surging, led by the University of Portsmouth, reveals the hazards they cause, and how climate change is making their behaviour increasingly difficult to predict.

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Your Daily Coffee Might Be Protecting Your Brain From Dementia, a New Study Suggests

Two to three caffeinated cups a day may help keep the cognitive condition away.

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Accurately Predicting Arctic Sea Ice in Real Time

Arctic sea ice has large effects on the global climate. 

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Scientists See Growing Risk of ‘Hothouse Earth’ as Warming Gains Pace

Warming is accelerating, threatening a cascade of tipping points that destabilize the climate. 

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