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Pilares de tierra marrón que sobresalen de una llanura cubierta de hierba con árboles y arbustos.
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Investigadores cuantifican el impacto de los animales en la transformación de la Tierra

by Carolyn Wilke 21 April 202521 April 2025

Los animales salvajes utilizan 76,000 gigajulios de energía—el equivalente a cientos de miles de monzones o inundaciones—moldeando los ecosistemas terrestres y de agua dulce de nuestro planeta.

View from afar of a blue and white research vessel next to an iceberg.
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Thriving Antarctic Ecosystem Revealed by a Departing Iceberg

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 31 March 202531 March 2025

A quick-calving iceberg gave scientists a rare glimpse into what hides beneath Antarctic ice.

Brown dirt pillars sticking up from a grassy plain with trees and bushes.
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Researchers Put a Number on Animals’ Earth-Shaping Effects

by Carolyn Wilke 27 March 202521 April 2025

Wild animals expend 76,000 gigajoules of energy—the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of monsoons or floods—shaping our planet’s terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems.

Earthmoving machinery works on a dusty portion at kilometer 667 of Highway BR-319 in the state of Amazonas.
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Road Development May Put Habitats at Risk

by Meghie Rodrigues 24 January 202528 January 2025

New research links road construction with increased urbanization and more fragmented species ranges.

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A New App Tracks Burrowing Animals That Weaken Levees

by Carly Kay 11 December 202411 December 2024

Researchers are calling on amateur scientists to help protect flood barriers in their communities.

Aerial view of a group of caribou trotting across snowy ground
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Snowmelt Sends Caribou Packing

by K. R. Callaway 10 December 202410 December 2024

Researchers compared caribou tracking data with satellite observations to learn whether snowpack conditions trigger the animals’ arduous annual migration.

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The Arctic’s Uncertain Future

by Grace van Deelen 15 November 202415 November 2024

Over the next century, the Arctic will change and look much different than it does today. Just how different is still unknown.

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Sailing Spectators’ Sounds Could Harm Marine Creatures

by Emily Dieckman 18 October 202418 October 2024

Research delves into noise pollution caused by spectator boats at sailing events such as the America’s Cup.

Aerial image of a small stingray in a wide area of open water
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Hungry Stingrays Shift Serious Amounts of Sediment

Adityarup Chakravorty, freelance science writer by Adityarup Chakravorty 14 August 202414 August 2024

While digging for food on estuary bottoms, rays push around literally tons of sediment, changing their habitat in profound ways.

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How Great was the “Great Oxidation Event”?

by Aubrey Zerkle 30 July 202416 January 2025

Geochemical sleuthing amid acid mine runoff suggests that scientists should rethink an isotope signal long taken to indicate low levels of atmospheric oxygen in Earth’s deep past.

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