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NSF, Popular Science announce this year’s Vizzies winners

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Atmospheric scientists begin field campaign to study extreme thunderstorms in Argentina

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Predicting Seasonal Weather

Special Report

Tracking the movement of the tropics 800 years into the past

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Wildfire aerosols remain longer in atmosphere than expected

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High CO2 levels cause plants to thicken their leaves, could worsen climate change effects

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No longer whistling in the dark: Scientists uncover source of perplexing waves

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How Earth sheds heat into space

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UM chemist, students take flight with groundbreaking wildfire emission study

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NSF announces new measures to protect research community from harassment

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NSF: Next steps against harassment

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Study links natural climate oscillations in north Atlantic to Greenland Ice Sheet melt

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Media call: NSF harassment policy next steps

Media Advisory

New TRIPODS+X awards target Big Data solutions for broad range of research challenges

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'Cloud computing' takes on new meaning for scientists

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Scientists launch project to help predict air quality, enhance crop yields

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UNM, USF scientists find stable sea levels during last interglacial

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NSF INCLUDES takes major step forward with new awards

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Global warming, El Niño could cause wetter winters, drier conditions in other months

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Got an idea for science and engineering research? Send it to the NSF 2026 Idea Machine

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Solar eruptions may not have slinky-like shapes after all

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Prehistoric vegetation helps predict future ecosystems

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Most land-based ecosystems worldwide risk 'major transformation' due to climate change

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Future impacts of El Niño, La Niña likely to intensify, increasing wildfire, drought risk

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Trace metals in the air make big splash on life under the sea

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Rain-on-snow flood risk to increase in many mountain regions of the Western US, Canada

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Radar better than weather balloon for measuring boundary layer

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Astronomers blown away by historic stellar blast

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New clues to origins of mysterious atmospheric waves in Antarctica

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