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What Is the Ocean Methane Paradox—and Why It Matters Science

What Is the Ocean Methane Paradox—and Why It Matters

Scientists have long puzzled over why oxygen-rich ocean surface waters produce methane, a gas normally made only in oxygen-free environments. The answ...

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How PM2.5 Harms Your Body—From Lungs to Brain Health

How PM2.5 Harms Your Body—From Lungs to Brain

Fine particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers penetrates deep into lungs, enters the bloodstream, and reaches the brain, contributing to nearly...

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How Super Typhoons Form—and Why They Intensify Science

How Super Typhoons Form—and Why They Intensify

Super typhoons are the most powerful storms on Earth, with winds exceeding 150 mph. Here's how they form, why they intensify so rapidly, and what make...

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How Deep-Sea Mining Works—and Why Scientists Worry Science

How Deep-Sea Mining Works—and Why Scientists Worry

Deep-sea mining targets potato-sized mineral nodules on the ocean floor rich in cobalt, nickel, and manganese. As regulators debate whether to allow c...

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How Glacier Protection Laws Work—and Why They Matter Science

How Glacier Protection Laws Work—and Why They Matter

Glaciers store about 75% of Earth's freshwater and supply water to nearly two billion people. A small but growing number of countries have passed laws...

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How Global Temperature Records Are Measured and Verified Science

How Global Temperature Records Are Measured and Verified

From weather stations and ocean buoys to satellites and statistical algorithms, tracking Earth's temperature is a complex, multi-layered process invol...

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How Carbon Sinks Work—and Why They're Weakening Science

How Carbon Sinks Work—and Why They're Weakening

Earth's forests, oceans, and soils absorb roughly half of humanity's carbon emissions each year, but climate change and deforestation are steadily und...

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How Fishing Quotas Are Set—and Why They Often Fail Science

How Fishing Quotas Are Set—and Why They Often Fail

Fishing quotas are meant to prevent overfishing, but the process that turns scientific advice into catch limits is riddled with political compromise....

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How Urban Evolution Works—Animals Adapting to Cities Science

How Urban Evolution Works—Animals Adapting to Cities

Cities are driving rapid genetic and behavioral changes in wildlife. From lizards with bigger toe pads to mice that digest junk food, urban evolution...

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How Gray Whale Migration Works—the Longest on Earth Science

How Gray Whale Migration Works—the Longest on Earth

Gray whales travel up to 14,000 miles each year between Arctic feeding grounds and Mexican breeding lagoons, navigating by Earth's magnetic field and...

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How Ice Cores Work—and What They Reveal About Climate Science

How Ice Cores Work—and What They Reveal About Climate

Ice cores drilled from glaciers and ice sheets preserve up to 1.2 million years of climate history in layers of frozen snow, trapped gas bubbles, and...

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How Hurricane Season Forecasts Work—and Why Science

How Hurricane Season Forecasts Work—and Why

Every spring, scientists predict how many hurricanes the Atlantic will produce months before the first storm forms. Here's how seasonal forecasting wo...

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