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Planting Trees May Not Be as Good for the Climate as Previously Believed

by Moriah McDonald 21 March 202421 March 2024

The climate benefits of trees storing carbon dioxide is partially offset by dark forests’ absorption of more heat from the Sun, and compounds they release that slow the destruction of methane in the atmosphere.

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La Luna es incluso más antigua de lo que los científicos pensaban

by Matt Hrodey 7 December 20237 December 2023

¿Cómo se formó la Luna y cuántos años tiene? La datación más precisa hasta el momento del satélite más grande de la Tierra determinó que es mucho más antigua de lo que se pensaba previamente.

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The Moon Is Even Older Than Scientists Thought

by Matt Hrodey 6 November 20237 December 2023

How did the Moon form and how old is it? The most precise dating yet of Earth’s largest satellite found that it is much older than previously thought.

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Dramatic Flyby Confirms That Mercury’s Radioactive Aurora Touches the Ground

by Matt Hrodey 1 August 20231 August 2023

Data collected by the BepiColombo spacecraft traces the causes of the strange aurora, which course through the planet’s weak magnetosphere.

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When the Woods Get Noisy, the Animals Get Nervous

by Christine Peterson 19 July 202324 July 2023

New study uses trail cameras and speakers to isolate what human sounds do to animals.

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Cities Are Rethinking What Kinds of Trees They’re Planting

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 18 April 20231 June 2023

U.S. cities are losing some 36 million trees every year, but hardier species can restore their canopies.

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How Animals May Have Conquered Snowball Earth

by Chris Baraniuk 9 January 202323 January 2023

We know there were animals during Earth’s chilliest era. The question is, What did they look like?

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Wetlands on the Farm: Potent, Nutrient-Capturing Tools in (Relatively) Small Packages

by Kristen Coyne 21 September 2022

Constructed wetlands can significantly reduce water pollution from tile-drained farms.

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The Simple Usefulness of the Secchi Disk

by Miriam Reid 18 July 202214 March 2024

A centuries-old sailor’s hack enters the ecologist’s toolkit.

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The Galápagos Islands: The Ultimate Outdoor Soil Science Laboratory

by DJ McCauley 28 March 202228 March 2022

A new study has spurred further research into the impacts of soil formation on modern-day problems like heavy metal contamination in agricultural soils.

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