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Is Chicago Water Pollution Halting a Silver Carp Invasion?

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 12 September 201918 October 2021

Pollution is definitely not the solution to stopping invasive silver carp, researchers assert. But cleaner waters could affect the invasion front.

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Tropical Corals Are Migrating Away from Warming Waters

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 23 August 201914 December 2023

In the first global assessment of its kind, researchers discovered that coral recruitment is declining globally and throughout the tropics while increasing in the subtropics.

Scientist holds a rock with a fossil of the species Cambroraster falcatus
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Newly Discovered Fossil Species Named After Star Wars Starship

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 30 July 201930 January 2023

The 500-million-year-old species is a distant relative of today’s crabs, spiders, and insects.

Forest elephants playing in water
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Elephants Boost Carbon Storage in Rain Forests

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 16 July 201929 April 2022

Forest elephants are the “gardeners of the Congo.” How might their dwindling population affect carbon storage in the world’s second-largest tropical forest?

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Seasonal and Annual Changes in Pitch in Blue Whale Calls

by Terri Cook 7 June 201929 November 2022

Six years of acoustic recordings detect seasonal shifts in blue whale vocalizations that correlate with the presence of icebergs, a primary source of ambient ocean noise in the southern Indian Ocean.

Photo of a fossil display of T. rex chomping down on Triceratops
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Dinosaurs Roar Again, Now Including a Focus on Climate Change

by Randy Showstack 4 June 201915 April 2022

The newly renovated fossil hall at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History features spectacular fossils and includes a theme of human impact on life on Earth.

A common frog, Rana temporaria
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Leaping Global Temperatures Make Frog Disease Deadlier

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 17 May 20199 September 2024

Climate change will shift the warmest months, when disease rates spike, into tadpole season, which could endanger the long-term survival of common frogs.

A loggerhead sea turtle hatchling scrambles toward waves on a beach.
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Predicting Wave Wash Overs for Sea Turtle Nests

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 14 May 20192 September 2022

To better protect coastal species, researchers developed a model that predicts harmful wash overs with 83% accuracy.

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Global Warming Hits Marine Life Hardest

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 2 May 201916 February 2023

The lack of thermal refugia in the ocean means marine life has nowhere to escape from rising sea temperatures.

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The Ice Nurseries of the Arctic Are Melting

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 11 April 20194 April 2023

Ice formed in coastal nurseries along Russia’s Arctic coast is melting before it can float far offshore. Scientists are worried about what that means for wildlife.

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