Environment
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Breeding Trees Better Adapted for Warmer Climates
Scientists have confirmed the function of a gene that controls the awakening of trees from winter dormancy, a discovery that may be the key to a world in which trees don't have to worry about adapting to warmer climates.
Latest Research Articles
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Paying the Ivory Price: Elephant Icon 'Satao' Killed by Poachers
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Ferries For Science: Monitoring Flow in Puget Sound
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Obama to Protect Pacific Ocean from Fishing and Energy Exploration
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Kiribati Closes Vast Swath of Ocean to Fishing
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30 Years of Oil Pollution Threatening Western Amazon
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Newly Discovered Frozen Underworld Beneath Greenland Speeding its Flow to the Sea
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Warming Arctic Could Lead to Fewer Extremely Cold Winters: Study
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Extreme Weather Brought to Mount Washington Museum
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'Hercynian' Mountain Range: How Earth Evaded Global Warming Last Time Around
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Vast Underwater Ocean Trapped Beneath Earth's Crust
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The Rise and Fall of Penguin Populations