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A thousands-year-old log demonstrates how burying wood can fight climate change
Burying wood can store carbon for thousands of years, according to an analysis of an ancient log unearthed in Canada.
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Burying wood can store carbon for thousands of years, according to an analysis of an ancient log unearthed in Canada.
A new computer program adjusts grow lights to cut down on electric bills without sacrificing photosynthesis.
Exposing the hidden movements of mercury through the environment can help reduce human exposure.
Each year, roughly 8,000 deaths in the United States are associated with extreme temperatures. And as temperatures rise, this number could swell.
A timeline of 485 million years of Earth’s surface temperatures shows ancient greenhouse conditions were hotter than scientists thought.
Researchers working in the field of agrivoltaics are studying how to combine solar farming with grazing, crop production or ecological restoration.
The Earth’s ambipolar electric field is weak but strong enough to control the shape and evolution of the upper atmosphere.
Long-lasting, widespread heat and weather extremes may have caused the Great Dying extinction event 252 million years ago.
Scientists can estimate how much more likely or severe some past natural disasters were due to human-caused climate change. Here's how.
Droughts temporarily dampen the number of valley fever cases across the state, but cases spike in the years after rains return.
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