A herculean effort to fight back woody plants in the Konza Prairie has largely failed. The outcome shows how difficult it can be to retore these ecosystems.
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Does Soil Sound Different After It’s Burned?
Yes, but not quite the way researchers expected it to.
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Changing Snowpack Inspires New Measurement
Climate change is bringing increased variability to annual snowfall, which affects how much water is stored for ecosystem and human use.
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Geociencias para los jóvenes (y los de corazón joven) en el TierraFest
El festival de ciencias de la Tierra más grande de México tendrá nuevas actividades para acercar a las infancias a la ciencia, pero personas de cualquier edad también están invitadas a disfrutarlas.
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Antarctic Meteorites Are Going, Going, May Soon Be Gone
If warming ice gobbles up meteorites, science may lose a cheap source of space rocks.
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Los planetas enanos muestran evidencias de reciente actividad geológica
Los grandes cuerpos del Cinturón de Kuiper y más allá podrían haber albergardo océanos en la subsuperficiales.
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Balancing the Deep Ocean Plastics Budget
Up to 11 million metric tons of plastic are sitting on the seafloor, mostly near coasts and shipping corridors.
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Shifting Winter Storms Bring More Flooding to India
Western disturbances are hanging out over India for longer, adversely affecting water security in the country.
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Geoscience for the Young (and Young at Heart) at TierraFest
Mexico’s largest Earth science festival will debut special activities to engage children in science—although audiences of all ages are welcome to enjoy them.
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Coral Larvae Journey Far and Wide in the Western Indian Ocean
Researchers mapped coral reef connectivity across the Seychelles archipelago to inform conservation efforts in the face of climate change.