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Hurricanes fertilize mangrove forests, shape Florida Everglades

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Algae team rosters could help ID 'super corals'

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Corals in murky waters less affected by temperature stress

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Sediment loading is key to predicting post-wildfire debris flows

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Sinking of Zealandia, Earth's hidden continent, linked to forging of the Pacific 'Ring of Fire'

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Driven by Earth's orbit, climate changes in Africa may have aided human migration

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Robotic underwater vehicle snaps first images of seafloor beneath Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier

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Aerosols have an outsized impact on extreme weather

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Giant kelp gives Southern California marine ecosystems a strong foundation

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Solar Science: Exploring the power of our closest star

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In death of the dinosaurs, it was all about the asteroid

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Oceanographers predict increase in phytoplankton

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For now, river deltas gain land worldwide

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Study weighs deep-sea mining's impact on microbes

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New research provides evidence of strong early magnetic field around Earth

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Shocked meteorites provide clues to Earth's lower mantle

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A relationship between severe winter weather and Arctic warmth?

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Scientists find oldest-known fossilized digestive tract — 550 million years

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Toward a smarter way of recharging an aquifer

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Large 'herbivores of the sea' keep coral reefs healthy

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Researchers develop predictive tools to tackle childhood disease outbreaks in Botswana

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Thawing permafrost affects Alaska's land-to-ocean river flows

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How many parasites can a bird carry?

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Microbes reflect the health of coral reefs

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Earth was stressed before dinosaur extinction

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Submarine cables leading to offshore wind farms transformed into a seismic network

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Microplastics million times more abundant in the ocean than previously thought

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Scientists show 'Red Queen' evolutionary principle at work in microbes in waters off Southern California

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Warming at the poles will have global consequences

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