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How exercising early in life alters gut microbes and promotes a healthier brain
Posted: December 30, 2015The human gut harbors a teeming menagerie of over 100 trillion microorganisms, and researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered that exercising early in life can alter that…
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This year's El Niño not giving up
Posted: December 30, 2015The current strong El Niño brewing in the Pacific Ocean shows no signs of waning, as seen in the latest satellite image from the U.S./European Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2…
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The economic benefits of mercury reductions
Posted: December 29, 2015Mercury pollution is a global problem with local consequences: Emissions from coal-fired power plants and other sources travel around the world through the atmosphere, eventually settling in oceans and waterways,…
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California drought putting many trees at risk
Posted: December 29, 2015California's forests are home to the planet's oldest, tallest and most-massive trees. New research from Carnegie's Greg Asner and his team reveals that up to 58 million large trees in…
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Influence of Earth's tilt on climate studied
Posted: December 28, 2015LSU paleoclimatologist Kristine DeLong contributed to an international research breakthrough that sheds new light on how the tilt of the Earth affects the world's heaviest rainbelt. DeLong analyzed data from…
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Bird habitat changing quickly as climate change proceeds
Posted: December 28, 2015The climatic conditions needed by 285 species of land birds in the United States have moved rapidly between 1950 and 2011 as a result of climate change, according to a…
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Study looks into past climate in Oregon's Coast Range
Posted: December 27, 2015Lush greenery rich in Douglas fir and hemlock trees covers the Triangle Lake valley of the Oregon Coast Range. Today, however, geologists across the country are more focused on sediment…
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How many trees are on planet Earth?
Posted: December 26, 2015Here is a pop quiz: How many trees are on the planet?Most people have no idea.A new study says the answer is more than 3 trillion trees — that's trillion…
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Is the Earth more hairy than we thought?
Posted: December 25, 2015The solar system might be a lot hairier than we thought.A new study publishing this week in the Astrophysical Journal by Gary Prézeau of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California,…
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A Christmas Eve Asteroid!
Posted: December 24, 2015Asteroid 2003 SD220 will safely fly past Earth on Dec. 24 at a distance of 6.8 million miles (11 million kilometers). Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California,…
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