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The Future of Coral Restoration in the Florida Keys After Unprecedented Marine Heat Wave of 2023

In the summer of 2023, portions of the Florida Keys experienced an extreme marine heat wave, unlike any other in recorded history for the region.

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Unraveling the Mysteries of Consecutive Atmospheric River Events

In California’s 2022-2023 winter season, the state faced nine atmospheric rivers (ARs) that led to extreme flooding, landslides, and power outages – the longest duration of continuous AR conditions in the past 70 years.

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Surviving Ash Trees May Hold Key to Saving Multiple Species of the Trees

The invasive insect emerald ash borer is killing ash trees at an unprecedented rate in the United States, and now five North American species of ash are considered critically endangered, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service.

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Bee Body Mass, Pathogens and Local Climate Influence Heat Tolerance

How well bees tolerate temperature extremes could determine their ability to persist in a changing climate.

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AI to Make Crop Production More Sustainable

Drones monitoring fields for weeds and robots targeting and treating crop diseases may sound like science fiction but is actually happening already, at least on some experimental farms. 

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Turbid Waters Keep the Coast Healthy

To preserve the important intertidal areas and salt marshes off our coasts for the future, we need more turbid water. 

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Sierra Snowpack Springs Back

While spring was springing across much of the Northern Hemisphere, California’s Sierra Nevada still looked very much like winter in early May 2024. 

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Venus has Almost No Water. A New Study May Reveal Why

Planetary scientists at CU Boulder have discovered how Venus, Earth’s scalding and uninhabitable neighbor, became so dry.

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DDT Pollutants Found in Deep Sea Fish off Los Angeles Coast

In the 1940s and 1950s, the ocean off the coast of Los Angeles was a dumping ground for the nation’s largest manufacturer of the pesticide DDT – a chemical now known to harm humans and wildlife.

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The Clues for Cleaner Water

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Drexel University in Philadelphia, along with Brookhaven National Laboratory, are working to solve a multipart mystery to make water disinfection treatments more sustainable.

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