辫状河流系统中的河道线可能比以前认为的更容易预测。
Rebecca Owen
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Can Microorganisms Thrive in Earth’s Atmosphere, or Do They Simply Survive There?
A bottom-up modeling approach could bring scientists closer to understanding communities of microbes in the atmosphere.
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地震如何改变湖泊微生物群落
提示：地震发生后，湖泊的地质、化学和生物成分会重新配置。一项新的研究深入探讨了地震变化对喜马拉雅地区措普湖的影响。
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How Earthquakes Shake Up Microbial Lake Communities
After an earthquake, a lake’s geological, chemical, and biological components get reconfigured. A new study dives into the effects of seismic shifts on the Himalayas’ Lake Cuopu.
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How Plants Respond to Scattered Sunlight
A new study investigates how diffuse light affects evapotranspiration and carbon uptake across forest, grassland, shrub, and agricultural areas.
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Policy Success: Fees and Bans on Plastic Bags Reduce Beach Trash
Regardless of the patchwork of regulations aimed at limiting plastic bag use in the United States, new research indicates that such legislation does, indeed, limit the number of plastic bags found on beaches.
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Coherent, Not Chaotic, Migration in the Brahmaputra-Jamuna River
The channel threads in braided river systems may be more predictable than previously thought.
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Un antiguo evento de calentamiento podría haber durado más de lo que pensábamos
Una nueva investigación sobre el Máximo Térmico del Paleoceno-Eoceno usó análisis probabilístico para entender mejor su duración y sobre cuánto tiempo podría afectar el calentamiento moderno al ciclo del carbono.
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Científicos revelan los peligros ocultos del calor y las inundaciones en Texas
Una parte más amplia del “Estado de la Estrella Solitaria” podría verse afectada por más olas de calor e inundaciones de lo que sugieren registros previos.
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What’s Changed—and What Hasn’t—Since the EPA’s Endangerment Finding
A scientist-authored brief played a role in the 2009 determination that greenhouse gases endanger public health. With the finding now up for reconsideration, the same scientists revisit their opinion.