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Tree Rings Record 19th-Century Anthropogenic Climate Change

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 8 May 20194 April 2023

Paleoclimate records, observational data, and climate modeling capture the influence of human activity on temperature seasonality.

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Warm Water Is Rapidly Eroding Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 7 May 201917 March 2023

The underside of the world’s largest ice shelf is melting—by meters per year in some places—because of the seasonal inflow of water heated by the Sun, observations of the White Continent reveal. 

Tree stumps dot a barren landscape.
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Biodiversity Report Paints a Bleak Picture

by Randy Showstack 6 May 201921 March 2023

Landmark study calls for urgent “transformative changes” to meet goals for conserving and sustainably using nature.

GPS station in southern Colorado
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Airborne Gravity Surveys Are Remaking Elevations in the U.S.

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 6 May 20194 April 2023

Measuring gravity’s tiny fluctuations is giving the United States an upgraded system of elevations.

Tara Oceans expedition ship in the Arctic
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Marine Virus Survey Reveals Biodiversity Hot Spots

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 3 May 201918 October 2022

Ocean samples collected from around the world produced a twelvefold increase in the number of marine viruses known. A portion of the Arctic Ocean has “surprisingly high diversity.”

Rings of bare sand surround dozens of individual coral reefs in the Red Sea.
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Mysterious Coral Reef Halos Can Be Seen from Space

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 3 May 201923 February 2023

Grazing rings around reefs have the potential to be used as a tool for monitoring reef health, but first, scientists have to figure out what factors govern halo size differences.

U.S. House OKs bill to stay in the Paris Climate Accord
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House OK’s Bill for U.S. to Stay in Paris Climate Accord

by Randy Showstack 2 May 20194 April 2023

Democrats and environmental groups applaud the first major piece of climate legislation to pass the House in 10 years, but chances for passage in the Senate are slim.

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Global Warming Hits Marine Life Hardest

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 2 May 201916 February 2023

The lack of thermal refugia in the ocean means marine life has nowhere to escape from rising sea temperatures.

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Burning Fossil Fuels Worsens Drought

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 1 May 201928 September 2021

Tree rings help scientists trace the influence of greenhouse gas emissions on 20th-century drought conditions.

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First Analysis of Asteroid Water Reveals Earth-Like Makeup

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 1 May 20198 March 2022

Samples returned from the surface of an asteroid show that these small bodies may have more water than previously thought and could have delivered that water to Earth.

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