The group’s rocking new album, The Fossil Record, includes a genre-bending set of songs that helps make science foot-tapping fun.
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Where Did All the Free-Flowing Rivers Go?
A map of the world’s free-flowing rivers shows a shrinking number can still meander as they please. New plans for hydropower will further constrain flow.
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Biodiversity Report Paints a Bleak Picture
Landmark study calls for urgent “transformative changes” to meet goals for conserving and sustainably using nature.
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Airborne Gravity Surveys Are Remaking Elevations in the U.S.
Measuring gravity’s tiny fluctuations is giving the United States an upgraded system of elevations.
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Marine Virus Survey Reveals Biodiversity Hot Spots
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.”
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House OK’s Bill for U.S. to Stay in Paris Climate Accord
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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Burning Fossil Fuels Worsens Drought
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
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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Earth’s Ripple Effect
The ocean’s interactions with land, air, and ice create an intricate planetary dance.
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First Possible Marsquake Detected
First earthquakes, then moonquakes, now marsquakes: a robotic lander comes through with the first detection of seismic activity on Mars.