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Corals Are Once Again Bleaching En Masse, but Their Fate Isn’t Sealed
Amid Earth’s fourth global coral bleaching event, a leading expert says tackling climate change is the key to fighting back.
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1 year, 8 months ago
A Long-Awaited Climate Experiment Is Poised to Launch in the Amazon. What Will It Find?
Ahead of a project to spray carbon dioxide into jungle plots, researchers contemplate what its results might signal about the forest’s future.
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1 year, 8 months ago
A Singular Climate Experiment Takes Shape in the Amazon
After years of delay, researchers are ready to inject carbon dioxide into jungle plots.
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1 year, 8 months ago
Will the Amazon Help Save the Planet?
Years in the making, a project in the Amazon rain forest is finally set to determine whether a rise in carbon dioxide could save one of the world’s l…
1 year, 8 months ago
How Big a Threat Is Bird Flu?
Cows and at least one person in the U.S. have been sickened by avian influenza. We asked experts about the risk to humans.
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1 year, 8 months ago
How a New AI Model Helps Volcanic History Rise from the Ashes
Volcano detectives use artificial intelligence to sleuth out ancient secrets in Alaska.
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1 year, 8 months ago
Do Sperm Whales Have Culture?
These marine mammals are very hard to observe, but in the past two decades the roughly 20 or so people in the world who study sperm whales have found…
1 year, 9 months ago
Measles Is Back, and That’s Scary
Today we’re going to look at how measles—a disease that was practically eliminated in the U.S.—has resurged in recent months, because people basicall…
1 year, 9 months ago
Did the Eclipse Give You the Amateur Astronomy Bug? Here’s How to Get Started
Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is a professional astronomer—with a passion for amateur astrophotography—and she's here to offer tips and tricks for wan…
1 year, 9 months ago
A Veteran Eclipse Chaser Explains the Thrill of Totality
The feeling of a total solar eclipse is intense, and the sights, sensations and emotions can overwhelm you even if you think you know what's coming. …
1 year, 9 months ago