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Microscopic image of a mucosphere with microbes trapped inside it.
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The Ocean Is Still Sucking Up Carbon—Maybe More Than We Think

by Nancy Averett 3 May 20224 May 2022

Recent studies looking at carbon-sequestering microbes suggest we still have a lot to learn about the ocean’s biological carbon pump.

On the left: a view of Pluto, as imaged by the New Horizons spacecraft. On the right: a close-up of an undulating region believed to have been formed by volcanoes that erupted icy material.
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Pluto’s Surface Was Recently Sculpted by Icy Volcanism

by Katherine Kornei 2 May 20222 May 2022

Geologically young regions of Pluto’s southern hemisphere were likely resurfaced by cryovolcanism, data from the New Horizons spacecraft reveal.

The dark blue orb of Neptune is viewed by Voyager 2 at an upward angle from the south pole. A dark navy storm spot, the Great Dark Spot, is just to the right of the center of the planet, and white high-altitude clouds are scattered around the planet.
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Diagnosing Neptune’s Chilly Summer

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 28 April 202228 April 2022

A pandemic project analyzing a trove of infrared images revealed an unexplained phenomenon taking place in Neptune’s atmosphere.

Netravati River in Karnataka, India
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A New Index to Quantify River Fragmentation

by Rishika Pardikar 27 April 202227 April 2022

Researchers have developed a new analysis based on a river’s catchment area as opposed its length.

Photo of forest on the island of Dominica
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Climate Benefits of Forests Go Far Beyond Carbon Sequestration

by Santiago Flórez 26 April 202210 May 2022

Forests are “essentially air-conditioning systems” thanks to biophysical processes like evapotranspiration and canopy roughness.

Incendios arden sobre las montañas cerca del lago Elsinore, California, el 9 de agosto de 2018.
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Los incendios forestales empeorarán, advierte informe de la ONU

by Meghie Rodrigues 26 April 20226 May 2022

Desde el ecuador hasta el Ártico, es probable que aumenten los incendios forestales y que el cambio climático los empeore, según un nuevo informe de las Naciones Unidas. La acción todavía es posible, dicen los autores.

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A New Clue to Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse

by Jenessa Duncombe 22 April 202210 May 2022

A particular kind of storm coincided with 13 of the 21 recent calving events in Antarctica.

A tarnished copper water pipe and spigot with dripping water sits in front of a blurred green outdoor background.
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Uranium Detected in Latinx Communities’ Water Systems

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 21 April 202221 April 2022

The unsafe contaminant levels could not be attributed to differences in regional geology, water source, or community size. Researchers suggest they are due to a failure of regulatory policy.

An image of a partially submerged house, powerline pole, and foliage in a flooded neighborhood in Asunción, Paraguay
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More Frequent El Niño Events Predicted by 2040

by Rachel Fritts 20 April 202220 April 2022

Cutting-edge models predict that El Niño frequency will increase within 2 decades because of climate change, regardless of emissions mitigation efforts.

A large hot spring bubbles and steams in the mountains of the Tibetan Plateau.
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Hot Springs Suggest How the Tibetan Plateau Became the Roof of the World

by Saima Sidik 20 April 202221 April 2022

Helium isotopes found in water samples provide a snapshot of what lies beneath the plateau and stimulate debate within the geosciences community.

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