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NSF statement on President’s FY 2022 discretionary budget request

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Road salts are threatening world's freshwater supplies

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Greenland used to be green, and here’s why that’s bad news

Thicker-leaved tropical plants may flourish under climate change

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How the Chicxulub impact gave rise to modern rainforests

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Taking the vital signs of the global ocean with biogeochemical floats

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U.S. East Coast sea level rise in 20th century fastest in 2,000 years

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Changes in ocean chemistry show how sea level affects global carbon cycle

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Researchers discover that 'cryptic species' respond differently to coral bleaching

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Engineering the Mississippi River has kept carbon out of the atmosphere, new study reveals

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Sea otters keep remaining California kelp forests alive

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Study shows how varying Arctic climate conditions impact vulnerable species

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Littlest shop of horrors: Hungry green algae prefer to eat bacteria alive

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High-resolution ocean model looks at sea turtles' lost years

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Collapse of Northern California kelp forests will be hard to reverse

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Record-high Arctic freshwater affecting marine environment and Atlantic Ocean currents

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Kilauea eruption triggered by pressure built over a decade

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Wildfires may have larger effects on cloud formation and climate change than thought

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Extreme melt on Antarctica's George VI Ice Shelf

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NSF begins planning for decommissioning of Arecibo Observatory’s 305-meter telescope due to safety concerns

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In predicting shallow but dangerous landslides, size matters

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How did dogs get to the Americas?

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Microbes deep beneath seafloor survive on byproducts of radioactive process

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Sea ice kept oxygen from reaching deep ocean during last ice age, study finds

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Mars rovers safe from lightning strikes, research finds

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Can super-Earths' interior dynamics set the table for habitability?

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The spillover effect of marine reserves

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Scientists solve climate change mystery

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Researchers discover an immense hydrocarbon cycle in the world's ocean

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Invasive mussels now control a key nutrient in the American Great Lakes

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