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Corals Are Once Again Bleaching En Masse, but Their Fate Isn’t Sealed
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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A Long-Awaited Climate Experiment Is Poised to Launch in the Amazon. What Will It Find?
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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A Singular Climate Experiment Takes Shape in the Amazon
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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Will the Amazon Help Save the Planet?
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…

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How Big a Threat Is Bird Flu?
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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How a New AI Model Helps Volcanic History Rise from the Ashes
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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Do Sperm Whales Have Culture?
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…

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Measles Is Back, and That’s Scary
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…

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Did the Eclipse Give You the Amateur Astronomy Bug? Here’s How to Get Started
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…

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A Veteran Eclipse Chaser Explains the Thrill of Totality
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. …

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