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Tide pool in the University of California Bodega Marine Reserve.
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Tide Pools Mimic Climate Change in Everyday Cycle

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 1 April 20164 January 2023

Researchers unexpectedly discovered that tiny shoreline ecosystems act as miniature laboratories in which ocean acidification and its effects play out nightly.

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Using Acid and Physical Force, Fungi Burrow Through Rock

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 21 March 201625 March 2022

Scientists observe the step-by-step process by which a fungus attacks a mineral to extract vital nutrients.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Icelandic Eruption Caused Record-Breaking Sulfur Dioxide Release

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 14 March 20168 October 2021

Satellite and ground-based data reveal sulfur dioxide flux, trace element release, and preeruption magma movement.

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Electrical Concrete Offers Green Alternative to Airport Deicers

by S. Kelleher 29 January 20167 March 2022

The Federal Aviation Administration is testing conductive concrete as a replacement for water-polluting chemicals used to melt ice from airport tarmacs.

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How Saturn Alters the Ionosphere of Titan

by Mark Zastrow 28 January 201615 March 2023

New research shows that Saturn's powerful magnetic field changes the atmospheric chemistry of its largest moon, Titan.

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Where Curiosity Has Taken Us

by A. R. Vasavada 12 January 201624 April 2024

The Curiosity rover, one of NASA's flagship missions, analyzes Martian geology, geochemistry, climatology, and radiation to assess whether Mars could have supported microbial life.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Model of Solar Cycle's Impact on Climate Gets Upgrade

by Mark Zastrow 7 December 201527 March 2023

A new model of how the Sun's 11-year cycle affects climate leads to slight changes in model results on atmospheric chemistry, but temperature and wind results are consistent with the previous model.

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How Bat Breath and Guano Can Change the Shapes of Caves

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 9 November 201513 October 2022

Researchers working in caves in Borneo and elsewhere are finding evidence that biological processes shape many tropical caves by slowly eating away at surrounding rock.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Curiosity Rover Finds Organic Molecules on Martian Surface

by David Shultz 12 October 201524 April 2024

Scientists assess the present and past habitability of Mars from organic compounds detected at Gale Crater.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Humans Greatly Increase Mercury Levels in the Ocean

by S. Palus 22 April 201525 August 2022

A study of the natural cycle of mercury reveals that humans are to blame for a five- to sixfold increase in the oceanic concentrations of the potentially toxic element.

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