A team of international scientists surveyed an array of Earth ecosystem models, recommending several ways to reduce uncertainties.
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Water Infrastructure Needs Get Bipartisan Nod at House Hearing
A letter released at the event calls on President Donald Trump to ensure that money from a national harbor maintenance fund is used solely to improve ports and harbors.
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Glacial Outburst Flood near Mount Everest Caught on Video
More than 2 million cubic meters of water, hidden deep within Lhotse Glacier, spilled down toward the village of Chukhung, Nepal, in 2016.
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Outstanding Student Paper Awards
Winners of the 2016 Outstanding Student Paper Awards announced
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How Lightning Creates "Killer Electrons" in Earth's Radiation Belts
New calculations show that lightning-triggered plasma waves in Earth's magnetosphere absorb energy from slow particles and energize electrons to levels that can damage satellites severely.
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Key House Member Makes a Conservative's Case for Water Projects
The White House and Democrats want to see an infrastructure package move through Congress. One House subcommittee chairman intends to make sure that water resource projects are part of the plan.
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Tracking Volcanic Bombs in Three Dimensions
A new method allows researchers to precisely track in three dimensions bits of fragmented magma as they are expelled in explosive volcanic eruptions.
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New Images of Pan, Saturn's Walnut Moon, in Unprecedented Detail
The finely detailed images can help future scientists study small bodies with weak gravity.
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Imagining a Different Earth
Data will be critical to start to answer whether the newly found TRAPPIST-1 worlds are truly Earth-like.
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Exploring Ancient Ocean Acidification in the Rock Record
Scientists studying Earth's ancient oceans use a new method to measure ocean acidification and its effect on extinction events.