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Oldest evidence for animals found by UCR researchers

News From the Field

Tracking the movement of the tropics 800 years into the past

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How magma climbs the crustal ladder between eruptions

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Volcano researcher learns how Earth builds supereruption-feeding magma systems

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Record-setting scientist calls South Pole an ‘absolutely amazing place’

Discovery

Newly described fossils could help reveal why some dinos got so big

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Rapid, widespread changes may be coming to Antarctica's Dry Valleys, study finds

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Drier, less predictable environment may have spurred human evolution

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Global sea level could rise 50 feet by 2300, study says

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Mysterious kidney disease on the rise in South Asia

Discovery

NSF announces $24.2 million to support research fueling smart cities and communities

News Release

More wet and dry weather extremes projected with global warming

News From the Field

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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Scientists discover genetic basis for how harmful algae blooms become toxic

News Release

Beach sand ripples can be fingerprints for ancient weather conditions

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New invasive bryozoan arrives in Alaskan waters

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Large stretches of coral reefs can be rehabilitated

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Scientists discover genetic basis for how harmful algal blooms become toxic

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More persistent weather patterns in US linked to Arctic warming

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

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Climate change not main driver of amphibian decline

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Retracing Antarctica's glacial past

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NSF awards $15 million to understand how people can better interact with the environment

News Release

Weathering rates for mined lands exponentially higher than unmined sites

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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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What makes a mammal a mammal? Our spine, say scientists

News Release