National Science Foundation - Where Discoveries Begin

NSF awards $36.6 million in new food-energy-water system grants

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Changes in non-extreme precipitation may have not-so-subtle consequences

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In wake of hurricanes, floods and wildfires, NSF awards $18.7 million in natural hazards research grants

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NSF awards $13 million for research on how humans, environment interact

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UT Austin study raises question: Why are fossilized hairs so rare?

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Paleontologists discover new species of sauropod dinosaur in Tanzania

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Data mining finds more than expected beneath Andean Plateau

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CofC professor, scientists discover new species of dolphin

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Ancient Earth's hot interior created 'graveyard' of continental slabs

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Portland State laser mapping project shows global warming effects in Antarctica

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What's killing trees during droughts? Scientists have new answers.

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Scientists improve forecast of increasing hazard on Ecuadorian volcano

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ASU geoscientists find explanation for puzzling pockets of rock deep in Earth's mantle

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Rusting fool's gold in glaciers a sign of increased carbon

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Projected precipitation increases are bad news for water quality

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Ancient Italian fossils reveal risk of parasitic infections due to climate change

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Sea cave preserves 5,000-year snapshot of tsunamis

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Mountaintop coal mining causes Appalachian rivers to run 'consistently saltier'

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Slow earthquakes occur continuously in the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone

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OU team details foreshock activities leading up to Pawnee earthquake

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Scientists upgrade database tracking global temperatures across millennia

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Can an ancient ocean shoreline set the stage for a tropical forest of today?

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Crystals help volcanoes cope with pressure

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Stalagmites from Iranian cave foretell grim future for Middle East climate

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Study finds Earth's magnetic field 'simpler than we thought'

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Q&A: Robert Hazen on studying 'deep carbon'

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New flood study reveals America's most vulnerable communities

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Study reveals America's most flood-vulnerable communities

Discovery

Corn better used as food than biofuel, study finds

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