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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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Detecting solar flares in real time

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New CAREER Solicitation and Single Agency Deadline

Study analyzing cells' blueprints reveals new patterns in the global distribution and diversity of ocean microbes

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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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Mass extinction of land and sea biodiversity 250 million years ago not simultaneous

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Warming at the poles will have global consequences

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Underwater telecom cables make superb seismic network

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Whales may owe their efficient digestion to millions of tiny microbes

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Whaling and climate change lead to 100 years of feast or famine for Antarctic penguins

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NSF Rocks the AGU 2019 Fall Meeting

Geoscientists develop technology to improve forecasting of earthquakes, tsunamis

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Grid reliability under climate change may require more power generation capacity

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Sea fan corals face new threat in warming ocean: copper

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Stalled weather patterns will get bigger due to climate change

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Environmental change in Africa: Will it lead to a drying Lake Victoria?

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Piedmont region drinking wells exceed North Carolina's hexavalent chromium standards

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Images from solar observatory peel away layers of a stellar mystery

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Urbanization delays spring plant growth in warm regions

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Unless warming is slowed, emperor penguins will march toward extinction

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