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Posted inResearch Spotlights

Underwater Glacier-Guarding Walls Could Have Unintended Consequences

by Saima May Sidik 12 September 202512 September 2025

Although they would likely impede the warm currents that melt glaciers, such walls would also likely block fish migration and nutrient upwelling, harming marine ecosystems and Greenland fisheries.

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Posted inResearch Spotlights

Mysteriously Bright Waters near Antarctica Explained

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 12 September 202512 September 2025

Shiny-shelled diatoms make a remote part of the Southern Ocean appear especially reflective in satellite imagery.

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Posted inNews

A Debate over Wakes in the Land of 10,000 Lakes

by J. Besl 29 August 202528 August 2025

Wakeboats are turning Minnesota’s lakes into summertime surf spots, but the artificial chop can shake up the lake bed, too. New wake data can help communities plan for responsible recreation.

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Posted inNews

Nitrogen Needs Could Be Limiting Nature’s Carbon Capacity

by Rebecca Owen 25 August 202525 August 2025

A new study suggests that past calculations of biological nitrogen fixation were overestimated by up to 66%—and that farms growing nitrogen-fixing crops may be filling in the gaps, for better or worse.

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Posted inResearch Spotlights

In the Arctic, Consequences of Heat Waves Linger

by Saima May Sidik 22 August 202521 August 2025

The aftermath of a historic 2020 heat wave could still be felt in Siberia a year later.

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Where the Pigs and Buffalo Roam, the Wetlands They do Bemoan

by Ankur R. Desai 19 August 202519 August 2025

A novel fenced enclosure study demonstrates the heavy toll that invasive ungulates have on greenhouse gas emissions from coastal wetlands on Indigenous lands in Australia.

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California’s Getting an Earlier Start to Wildfire Season

by Grace van Deelen 6 August 20256 August 2025

Human-caused climate change has pushed the onset of fire season in the state to as much as 46 days earlier than it was 30 years ago.

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Warming Winters Sabotage Trees’ Carbon Uptake

by Grace van Deelen 31 July 202531 July 2025

In temperate forests, the biomass-building benefits of warmer growing seasons are offset by damaging variability in winter weather—a disparity that climate models may miss.

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Biomass and Biodiversity Were Coupled in Earth’s Past

by Grace van Deelen 9 July 20259 July 2025

Measuring shells and skeletons encased in thousands of limestone samples has revealed that the sheer amount of living stuff in Earth’s oceans changed alongside the diversity of organisms.

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Precipitation Extremes Drive Swings in Lake Tahoe’s UV Exposure

by Andrew Chapman 26 June 202526 June 2025

An 18-year study reveals dramatic year-to-year variations in ultraviolet radiation penetration tied to Sierra Nevada precipitation cycles.

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