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5,523 results for: Forests
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Starting Anew
Scientists turn to lowly creatures to unlock the secrets of regeneration.
- Plants
Losing life’s variety
2010 is the deadline set for reversing declines in biodiversity, but little has been accomplished.
- Earth
A fresh look at Mount St. Helens
Nearly 30 years after the peak’s major eruption, recovery has just begun.
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The incredible shrinking solar cell
With lilliputian collectors, almost anything could be sun-powered.
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Smoke from a Distant Fire
Burning forests can send aerosols into the stratosphere and around the world.
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Tiny tubes, big riddles
Carbon cylinders’ odd traits continue to stump scientists.
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The final climate frontiers
Scientists aim to improve and localize their predictions.
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2010 Science News of the Year: Environment
Credit: NASA Earth Observatory Gulf drilling disaster The biggest oil spill in U.S. history began April 20, when an explosion and fire on the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling platform sent oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico at rates at times exceeding 65,000 barrels a day (SN Online: 9/23/10). By the time the well was […]
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In the Zone
Evolution may have trained the mind to see scoring streaks — even where they don't exist.
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- Animals
Butterfly ears suggest a bat influence
Researchers have found the first bat-detecting ear in a butterfly and suggest that the threat of bats triggered the evolution of some moths into butterflies.
- Math
Rating the rankings
The U.S. News & World Report rankings of colleges and universities are largely arbitrary, according to a new mathematical analysis.
