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Seeping Groundwater Can Be a Hidden Source of Greenhouse Gases

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 28 March 202528 March 2025

A new study in the Farmington River watershed shows that groundwater seeps can release 20% of dissolved emissions into the atmosphere before the water joins streams.

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Home Foundations Are Crumbling. This Mineral Is to Blame.

by Benjamin Cassidy 7 January 20257 January 2025

Pyrrhotite causes cracks in concrete. But research on how widespread the issue might be has only scratched the surface.

Thick pine forest of Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary in Cape Cod, Mass.
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New England Forests Were Historically Shaped by Climate, Not People

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 28 February 20205 June 2023

A first-of-its-kind study combining paleoecology and archeology indicates that the New England landscape was not actively managed with fire prior to European arrival.

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Does This Fossil Reveal a Jurassic Tropical Freeze?

by H. Leifert 19 February 202027 January 2023

On view for over a century, a fossil slab may display evidence of tropical freezing during the Jurassic, but scientists never noticed it—until one finally did. Some colleagues are not convinced.

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