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In the bid to combat climate change, the signatory states to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change periodically submit ...

Why do people living in democratic countries vote for political candidates who openly violate democratic standards? A new ...

When Jeff Kneebone was a college student in 2002, his research involved a marine mystery that has stumped curious scientists ...

It is commonly assumed that as forest ecosystems age, they accumulate and store (sequester) more carbon. A study based at the ...

Guided by the lived experiences of community partners, Northwestern University scientists have simulated the effects of ...

Public officials designing seawalls, levees and other safeguards against rising seas can save money if their solutions are ...

The 70-year mystery surrounding the theft of an original oil sketch by renowned Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck from a ...

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...

Scientists have discovered a protein that enables bacteria to shut down into dormant spores under extreme conditions. The ...

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The first Landsat series satellite was launched by NASA in the summer of 1972 with the aim of tracking changes in the Earth's ...