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A colony of 60,000 pairs of king penguins stands on the exposed gray bedrock of South Georgia.
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How Climate Science Is Expanding the Scale of Ecological Research

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 31 March 202025 April 2022

Tools developed for climate science can help researchers forecast ecological dipoles: the contrasting effects of climate on populations separated by thousands of kilometers.

Reindeer walking on snow in a forest
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Reindeer Could Trample Permafrost Thaw

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 25 March 202031 January 2022

Thick, fluffy snow traps summer’s heat in the top layers of Arctic permafrost even as winter chills the air above. Grazing animals stomp that snow flat.

Profile of a shrimp against a black background
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Snapping Shrimp Pump Up the Volume in Warmer Water

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 10 March 202025 March 2024

As the ocean warms because of climate change, the louder din could mask other marine animals’ calls used to navigate, forage, and find mates.

One person’s hands hold a mahi-mahi while another person uses instruments to tag it.
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Oil-Exposed Mahi-Mahi More Likely to Lose Oil-Avoidance Behavior

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 30 January 202018 May 2022

Contact with oil may make it harder for the fish to avoid additional exposure, creating a vicious cycle following offshore oil spills.

A crew in safety vests uses nets and holding tanks to rescue salmon from the Fraser River
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Remote Landslide Puts Fraser River Salmon on Shaky Ground

Lesley Evans Ogden, Science Writer by Lesley Evans Ogden 22 January 20205 January 2023

An alliance of First Nations, provincial, and federal leaders worked with scientists, engineers, and emergency responders to rescue critical salmon stocks in western Canada.

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Even Tardigrades Will Feel the Heat of Climate Change

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 21 January 202015 October 2021

Hardy tardigrades are much more vulnerable to heat than cold, but they show some signs that they could adapt over time.

A sea otter in the water with bull kelp
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Will Melting Sea Ice Expose Marine Animals to New Diseases?

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 16 December 20199 September 2024

Marine mammals previously separated by Arctic ice may have more opportunities to interact as water routes redefine habitats and species ranges.

Young beaver in pool of water
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Are Beavers Nature’s “Little Firefighters”?

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 13 December 201915 November 2022

It’s about dam time: Beavers are acknowledged for their firefighting skills in five recent blazes.

Magnetite levels in the human brain
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Human Brains Have Tiny Bits of Magnetic Material

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 12 December 201927 March 2023

Here’s the first map of the magnetic mineral magnetite in the human brain. Turns out that our brain stem may be full of it.

Two frosted glassy spheres with bumps and cracks on their surfaces
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“Glass Pearls” in Clamshells Point to Ancient Meteor Impact

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 24 September 20197 March 2022

Research suggests that the spherical structures, smaller than grains of sand, may be microtektites, but additional investigations are needed to verify their identity.

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