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Winter Storms Over Labrador Sea Influence Gulf Stream System

The Gulf Stream system plays an important role in climate. 

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Study Examines Earth and Mars to Determine How Climate Change Affects the Paths of Rivers

In a new study published in Nature Geosciences, researchers, led by a Tulane University sedimentologist , investigated why the paths of meandering rivers change over time and how they could be affected by climate change.

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Was the Medieval Era Warmer Than Now? New Tree Ring Study Offers Insight

A new study of tree rings in Scandinavia is helping to resolve a longstanding question about the Medieval Warm Period.

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Spartans Help Make a Surprising Discovery About the Sun

Sometimes, the best place to hide a secret is in broad daylight. Just ask the sun.

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University of Minnesota-Led Study Links Long-Term Artificial Sweetener Intake to Increased Body Fat Adipose Tissue Volume

Published in the International Journal of Obesity, University of Minnesota Medical School and School of Public Health researchers led a study on the relationship between dietary intake and cardiovascular disease risk factors. 

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Scientists Crack the Code of What Causes Diamonds to Erupt

An international team of scientists led by the University of Southampton has discovered that the breakup of tectonic plates is the main driving force behind the generation and eruption of diamond-rich magmas from deep inside the Earth.

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NOAA, NASA Spearheading a Massive Air Quality Research Campaign This Summer

Scientists from NOAA, NASA and 21 universities from three countries are deploying state-of-the-art instruments in multiple, coordinated research campaigns this month to investigate how air pollution sources have shifted over recent decades.

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When D Turns to F, Quantum Matter is A-Plus

Rice University physicists have shown that immutable topological states, which are highly sought for quantum computing, can be entangled with other, manipulable quantum states in some materials.

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NASA Data Helps Bangladeshi Farmers Save Water, Money, Energy

With nearly 170 million residents, Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated nations in the world. 

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Dune Patterns Reveal Environmental Change on Earth and Other Planetary Bodies

Researchers have analyzed the shifting patterns of entire dune fields on Earth and Mars, as seen from orbit, and found they are a direct signature of recent environmental change.

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