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Las plataformas de perforación de petróleo- y gas-mar adentro son hábitats ricos para peces. Eliminarlas por completo resultaría en una pérdida del 95% de biomasa de peces, revela una nueva investigación.
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Mathematical Insights into the West African Monsoon
A tool from dynamic systems theory is helping atmospheric scientists identify how dust and moisture mix over West Africa.
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Some Farm Animals Might Have a Sense About Impending Earthquakes
Stabled animals seem to grow fidgety in the hours before an earthquake, whereas their free-range counterparts show no discernible difference in behavior.
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Emerging Technologies Help Scientists Tune In to Krill
Acoustic tools identify the population of “the most important fishery in the Southern Ocean.”
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The First Undeniable Climate Change Deaths
In 2018 in Japan, more than 1,000 people died during an unprecedented heat wave. In 2019, scientists proved it would have been impossible without global warming.
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One geophysicist deviated from his usual work on paleomagnetism to study the magnetic remanence of human brains.
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Typhoons Getting Stronger, Making Landfall More Often
New research shows a growing threat from Pacific storms amid climate change.