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American Soil Losing More Crop Nutrients Due to Heavier Rainstorms, Study Shows

Loss of phosphorus from agricultural lands is increasing due to heavier storms, potentially threatening crop growth, according to team led by researchers at Penn State.

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Improving Hurricane Modeling with Physics-Informed Machine Learning

Algorithm reconstructs wind fields quickly, accurately, and with less observational data.

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UL Researchers Develop New Method of Generating Eco-Friendly Energy

Researchers at University of Limerick have developed a new method of growing organic crystals that can be used for energy-harvesting applications.

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Charting the Exceptional, Unexpected Heat of 2023 and 2024

In 2024, global temperatures for June through August were the hottest on record, narrowly topping the same period in 2023. 

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Nature Paper Discusses New Approach to Breakdown PFAS, Forever Chemicals

Researchers at Colorado State University have found a new approach for breaking down PFAS – a group of human-made “forever” chemicals commonly used for their water-resistant properties that can carry health risks from long-term exposure.

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Researchers Catalog the Microbiome of U.S. Rivers

Rivers and streams serve as critical connectors across vast geographical landscapes, trickling out of tucked-away headwaters and snaking thousands of miles toward oceans and deep seas.

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Urgent Need to Enable More Farmers and Contractors to Revive England’s Network of Hedgerows

A new comprehensive survey has highlighted an urgent need to enable more farmers and contractors to revive England’s hedgerows to meet national restoration targets.

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Researchers Develop Crystals to Harvest Water from Air, Inspired by Desert Life

A team of researchers from Jilin University, NYU Abu Dhabi’s Smart Materials Lab, and the Center for Smart Engineering Materials, led by Professor of Chemistry Pance Naumov, has developed a new crystalline material that can harvest water from fog without any energy input.

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Will Agricultural Weeds Finally Claim the Upper Hand in a Changing Climate?

A few years back, a group of weed scientists showed that soil-applied herbicides are less effective against agricultural weeds in the context of our changing climate.

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MSU Researchers Find Trees Acclimate to Changing Temperatures

Climate change is a persistent and growing challenge to plant life on our planet. Changes to the environments that plants are accustomed to affects how they grow.

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