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Sea Change, Climate Change

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Oct 28, 2014... Talking to a group of sailors, John F. Kennedy said, "we all came from the sea. And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the ex ... Read more

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Hints of Earth Splash a Saturnian Moon Landscape
Hints of Earth Splash a Saturnian Moon Landscape

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Jul 26, 2010... The lakes of southern Titan are shrinking.The level of Ontario Lacus, the largest lake in the southern hemisphere of this Saturnian moon, has fallen by some 15 ... Read more

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Understanding the Climate's Past can Help Predict Its Future
Understanding the Climate's Past can Help Predict Its Future

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Jun 01, 2008... From designing environmental policies and preventing ecological disasters to planning umbrella sales and construction projects, a full spectrum of human activit ... Read more

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A Rusty Green Early Ocean?
A Rusty Green Early Ocean?

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Jan 26, 2017... Green rust (l) forming in Dr. Halevy’s lab in conditions similar to those in the Precambrian ocean. (r) Electron microscope images reveal the thin, hexagonal pl ... Read more

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Microbes Go, Too: ""Fecal Prints"" Provide Record of Life on Earth
Microbes Go, Too: ""Fecal Prints"" Provide Record of Life on Earth

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Dec 23, 2014... The distinctive “fecal prints” of microbes potentially provide a record of how Earth and life have co-evolved over the past 3.5 billion years as the planet’s te ... Read more

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Humans Are a Massive Minority on Earth. Why Don’t We Act Like It?
Humans Are a Massive Minority on Earth. Why Don’t We Act Like It?

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Jul 25, 2018... The endangered Red Panda has a wild population of less than 10,000 mature individuals Image: REUTERS/Rebecca Naden
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New Witchweed-Fighting Method, Developed by Cimmyt and Weizmann Institute Scientist, to Become Public in July
New Witchweed-Fighting Method, Developed by Cimmyt and Weizmann Institute Scientist, to Become Public in July

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Jul 01, 2002... Rehovot, Israel—July 1, 2002—Corn harvests on experimental plots and in farmers' fields in four East and Southern African countries have yielded striking result ... Read more

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Science Tips, November 2014
Science Tips, November 2014

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Nov 18, 2014... Satellite image of Olympus Mons on Mars, the largest volcano in the solar system at about three times the height of Mount Everest. Around 3.5 to 4 billion years ... Read more

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Weizmann Institute Professor Wins Israel Prize for Physics, Chemistry
Weizmann Institute Professor Wins Israel Prize for Physics, Chemistry

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Feb 22, 2012... Among Prof. David Milstein's various research projects, the one considered to be most important helped scientists understand the bonds between carbon and hydrog ... Read more

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The Grand Old Trees of the World are Dying, Leaving Forests Younger and Shorter
The Grand Old Trees of the World are Dying, Leaving Forests Younger and Shorter

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May 28, 2020... California's giant Sequoias can live for more than 3,000 years, their trunks stretching two car lengths in diameter, their branches reaching nearly 300 feet tow ... Read more

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