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The Driver of Sargassum Blooms in the Atlantic Ocean

Upwelling of phosphorus-rich deep water promotes an N-fixing symbiont of the Sargassum algae giving it a competitive advantage.

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Ultrasonic Device Dramatically Speeds Harvesting of Water From the Air

Feeling thirsty? Why not tap into the air? Even in desert conditions, there exists some level of humidity that, with the right material, can be soaked up and squeezed out to produce clean drinking water.

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A New Take on Carbon Capture

If there was one thing Cameron Halliday SM ’19, MBA ’22, PhD ’22 was exceptional at during the early days of his PhD at MIT, it was producing the same graph over and over again.

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USC Study Links Ultra-processed Food Intake to Prediabetes in Young Adults

Researchers tracked 85 young adults over a four-year period, finding that increases in ultra-processed food consumption were linked with elevated blood sugar and early signs of diabetes risk.

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UH Calculates Survival Needs of Deep-diving Hawaiian Pilot Whales

For the first time, scientists have calculated a detailed “energetic budget” for Hawaiʻi‘s short-finned pilot whales, revealing what it takes to power their extreme, 800-meter (2,600-feet) dives for food.

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UAF Study Links Beaver Expansion to Faster Arctic Thaw

The climate-driven spread of beaver ponds in Alaska’s Arctic accelerates the effects of a warming environment by causing pond-adjacent permafrost to thaw and by increasing the amount of liquid water present during winter.

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Floating Solar Panels Show Promise, But Environmental Impacts Vary by Location, Study Finds

Floating solar panels are emerging as a promising clean energy solution with environmental benefits, but a new study finds those effects vary significantly depending on where the systems are deployed.

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Comprehensive Red List highlights threatened plant species in Britain

A new Red List for Great Britain’s vascular plants has shown that while a quarter of species are threatened, there have been success stories, including some rare orchids.

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Deforestation Linked to Tropical Temperature Rises, Online Map Shows

Deforestation is leading to temperature increases of up to 5°C in some tropical regions, according to data revealed in a new interactive map created by researchers at the University of Leeds.

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UC Irvine Researchers Link Antarctic Ice Loss to ‘Storms’ at the Ocean’s Subsurface

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have identified stormlike circulation patterns beneath Antarctic ice shelves that are causing aggressive melting, with major implications for global sea level rise projections.

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