National Science Foundation - Where Discoveries Begin

Earth Week: Giant group of octopus moms discovered in the deep sea

Discovery

Extreme climate variability destabilizing West Coast ecosystems

News From the Field

Newly discovered salty subglacial lakes could help search for life in solar system

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Mississippi River diversions will produce new land, but more slowly than shoreline is lost

News Release

One-fifth of carbon entering coastal waters of eastern North America is buried

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The changing chemistry of the Amazonian atmosphere

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Mississippi River diversions will produce new land, but slowly, Tulane study says

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Smithsonian scientists and collaborators demonstrate new driver of extinction

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Where's the greatest risk of a mosquito bite in Baltimore? A surprising answer

Discovery

New technique more accurately reflects ponds on Arctic sea ice

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New source of global nitrogen discovered: Earth’s bedrock

News Release

NSF announces 2018 winners for Generation Nano: Superheroes Inspired by Science

News Release

New camera gives surgeons a butterfly's-eye view of cancer

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New source of global nitrogen discovered

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Shrimp-inspired camera may enable underwater navigation

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Hawaiian-language newspapers illuminate an 1871 hurricane

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Ice-free Arctic summers could hinge on small climate warming range

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New study in oxygen-deprived Black Sea provides insights on future carbon budget

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New study finds world’s largest desert, the Sahara, has grown by 10 percent since 1920

News Release

NSF offers opportunity for media to deploy to Greenland

Media Advisory

Experience hands-on science and meet NSF-supported researchers at USA Science and Engineering Festival

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The Sahara Desert is expanding

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By river, ocean or wind, rocks round the same way

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Decade of fossil collecting in Africa gives new perspective on Triassic period, emergence of dinosaurs

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Modeling future earthquake and tsunami risk in southeast Japan

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Argonne's powerful X-rays key to confirming water source deep below Earth's surface

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Reconciling Paris Agreement goals for temperature, emissions

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Smart cities and communities conference features NSF-funded researchers working with local community partners

Media Advisory

Team discovers a significant role for nitrate in the Arctic landscape

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