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How Biofuels Can Cool Our Climate and Strengthen Our Ecosystems

by E. H. DeLucia 22 December 20152 November 2021

Critics of biofuels like ethanol argue they are an unsustainable use of land. But with careful management, next-generation grass-based biofuels can net climate savings and improve their ecosystems.

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On the Rocks: The Challenges of Predicting Sea Level Rise

by D. Holland and D. Holland 19 October 201523 October 2015

As the loss of West Antarctica's ice sheet threatens to raise sea level and flood the world's coasts, scientists must improve projections by understanding the physics where glaciers meet the ocean.

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Contaminated Sediment and Dam Removals: Problem or Opportunity?

by J. E. Evans 8 October 201514 September 2022

Restoring rivers to their free-flowing state promises a host of environmental benefits, but contaminated sediments may cloud the picture.

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Aurora Painting Pays Tribute to Civil War's End

by J. J. Love 24 September 20155 October 2021

Frederic Edwin Church's 1865 arctic landscape, Aurora Borealis, is a beautiful depiction of nature. It might also be a memorial reflection on the end of the war.

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Kepler: A Giant Leap for Exoplanet Studies

by J. J. Lissauer 15 September 201510 October 2021

NASA's low-cost space telescope opened up a universe of possibilities for scientists who scour space in search of planets—and possibly life.

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What Lies Deep in the Mantle Below?

by G. R. Foulger, G. F. Panza, I. M. Artemieva, I. D. Bastow, F. Cammarano, C. Doglioni, J. R. Evans, W. B. Hamilton, B. R. Julian, M. Lustrino, H. Thybo and T. B. Yanovskaya 25 August 201527 January 2023

For decades, scientists have probed Earth's remote mantle by analyzing how seismic waves of distant earthquakes pass through it. But we are still challenged by the technique's limitations.

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Dissolved Organic Matter in the Ocean Carbon Cycle

by D. A. Hansell and C. A. Carlson 28 July 20159 February 2022

Controversy leads to a better understanding of carbon cycling through a massive pool of organic matter dissolved in the Earth's oceans.

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Improving Predictions of Arctic Sea Ice Extent

by J. Stroeve, Ed Blanchard-Wrigglesworth, V. Guemas, S. Howell, F. Massonnet and S. Tietsche 19 June 201523 March 2023

Scientists in the Sea Ice Prediction Network share and discuss their user-oriented forecasts of seasonal sea ice in a changing Arctic.

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Building Sandbars in the Grand Canyon

by P. E. Grams, J. C. Schmidt, S. A. Wright, D. J. Topping, T. S. Melis and D. M. Rubin 3 June 20159 May 2022

Annual controlled floods from one of America's largest dams are rebuilding the sandbars of the iconic Colorado River.

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Hubble's Legacy: The Pillars of Creation

by JoAnna Wendel 4 May 201510 January 2023

The Pillars of Creation remains to this day Hubble's most iconic view of the cosmos.

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