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The New Climate.

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Oct 20

Antarctica’s Ice Loss Is Locked In—That’s Bad News For Low‑Lying Coastal Areas Elsewhere

A glacier front meets the water.

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The New Climate.

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The Conversation U.S.

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Oct 16

Question of Who Pays for Climate Change Damage Heads to Supreme Court

If fossil fuel companies misled the public about the dangers of their products, should they be required to pay for damages from…

A sprinkling of snow covers the remains of homes destroyed in a wildfire.

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The Quantastic Journal

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The Conversation U.S.

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Oct 9

Antarctic Krill Fishing Is Now Concentrated in the Exact Pattern Conservation Rules Were Designed…

With location regulations no longer in force, fishing boats are harvesting thousands of tons of krill from very few areas, increasing…

A large ship in the middle of the ocean has booms out with lines running into the water.

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The Quantastic Journal

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The Conversation U.S.

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Oct 7

Using Thunderquakes to X-Ray Earth—A New Study Shows Urban Seismology in Action

With the help of thunderstorms and everyday fiber-optic cables, these scientists are revealing a hidden world underground

Lightning turns the sky purple over a city, with buildings in the foreground and apartment lights on.

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The Conversation

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The Conversation U.S.

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Oct 2

The real reason many Americans are cutting ties with their parents and siblings

Estrangement is rarely caused by childhood abuse or a pushy therapist. Instead, it reveals a collision between two ideas of what family…

An AI-generated image of a needlepoint family with a father and three children, and scissors cutting out the third child, who is set off by a dotted line

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The Quantastic Journal

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The Conversation U.S.

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Aug 23

Producing Spider Silk Is a Biological Feat—Scientists Are Using It to Develop Materials for Drug…

If Spider-Man were real, he could help scientists revolutionize healthcare. Since he’s not, researchers develop creative ways to produce…

Producing Spider Silk Is a Biological Feat-Scientists Are Using It to Develop Materials for Drug Delivery and Wound Care If Spider-Man were real, he could help scientists revolutionize healthcare. Since he’s not, researchers develop creative ways to produce spider silk to study.

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The Quantastic Journal

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The Conversation U.S.

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Aug 20

How Trains Can Transform Persian Gulf Politics and Global Security

Once completed, the 2,177-kilometer GCC Railway will connect six Gulf kingdoms and provide alternative routes to Europe and Asia.

How Trains Can Transform Persian Gulf Politics and Global Security Once completed, the 2,177-kilometer GCC Railway will connect six Gulf kingdoms and provide alternative routes to Europe and Asia.

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The Quantastic Journal

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The Conversation U.S.

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Aug 18

Climate Change May Be Making Us Lonelier: How Heat Waves and Extreme Weather Disrupt Social…

On extremely hot days and in the aftermath of storms, people tend to hole up inside. Losing festivals, traditions and gathering places can…

Climate Change May Be Making Us Lonelier: How Heat Waves and Extreme Weather Disrupt Social Connections Everyone Relies On On extremely hot days and in the aftermath of storms, people tend to hole up inside. Losing festivals, traditions and gathering places can worsen that loneliness.

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The Quantastic Journal

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The Conversation U.S.

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Aug 15

How Hackers Attack Municipal Water Systems—and Why the Utilities Are So Vulnerable

A cybersecurity researcher explains how hackers target small computers that control a water system’s tanks, pipes and valves.

How Hackers Attack Municipal Water Systems-and Why the Utilities Are So Vulnerable A cybersecurity researcher explains how hackers target small computers that control a water system’s tanks, pipes and valves.

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The Quantastic Journal

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The Conversation U.S.

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Aug 13

Multiple Threats Endanger the World’s Rarest Great Ape, a New Study on the Tapanuli Orangutan…

Multiple pressures are acting simultaneously in threatening Tapanuli orangutan — from extractive industries to logging to agricultural…

Multiple Threats Endanger the World’s Rarest Great Ape, a New Study on the Tapanuli Orangutan Reveals Multiple pressures are acting simultaneously in threatening Tapanuli orangutan — from extractive industries to logging to agricultural expansion and, increasingly, climate-related disasters.

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