The Ocean Plastics Lab, currently on the National Mall in Washington, D. C., illustrates the pollution threat and points to solutions.
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After a Glacier Retreats, Plants Thrive Thanks to Phosphorus
Grasses, small flowers, and mosses colonize glacial till in the Peruvian Andes when researchers apply a phosphorus fertilizer, an ecological surprise with implications for carbon sequestration.
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Huge Spike in Quakes Badly Damages Kīlauea Observatory
Meanwhile, some scientists say that the 35-year eruption from the Pu‘u Ō‘ō vent has ended and that the flows since 3 May are a new eruption. Others take issue with this view.
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Solar Flare Caused Increased Oxygen Loss from Mars’s Atmosphere
Measurements by a Mars-orbiting spacecraft indicated heating and chemistry changes in the planet’s atmosphere following an extreme solar eruption last year.
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Raising a Tantrum About Climate Change
One year ago today, President Trump vowed to exit the United States from the Paris climate pact. Eos discusses this with climatologist Michael Mann, author of the new book The Tantrum that Saved the World.
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Obama’s Science Adviser Blasts Trump Policies and Personnel
In a no-holds-barred speech, John Holdren renews call for a White House science adviser.
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New Paths for Plankton in Warming Arctic?
Water flowing from the Pacific to the Atlantic could find new shortcuts, enabling plankton to survive the trip through the cold polar region.
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Scientists Discover an Environment on the Cusp of Habitability
A volcanically heated Costa Rican lake hosts only one type of organism, suggesting that its Mars-like environment is just barely capable of supporting life.
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New Arctic Science Cooperation Agreement Comes into Force
The agreement focuses on facilitating access to research areas, research infrastructure and facilities, and data.
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Seeing Green: A Stratospheric View of the 2017 Total Eclipse
Airborne telescopes gave scientists a sky-high view of the 2017 Great American Eclipse as they took measurements that are difficult to obtain from the ground.