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The Colors of Fall: Are Autumn Reds and Golds Passing Us By? Climate change, land-use change, introduced pests and diseases altering fall foliage Released
September 25, 2012
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Tropical Reefs Surviving Environmental Stresses: Corals' Choice of Symbiotic Algae May Hold the Key Corals that host fewer species of algae are less sensitive to disturbances Released
August 29, 2012
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From Lake to Land, in a Land of Lakes Moose act as conduits of nitrogen between water bodies and the edges of lakes, ponds Released
August 17, 2012
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A Tree Stands in the Sierra Nevada A coniferous view of the link between snowmelt and water supplies in the U.S. West Released
August 7, 2012
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Into the Matorral: Scientists Track Avifauna in Coastal Chile's Thorn-Scrub Researchers discover ecological role of bird life in a biodiversity hotspot Released
July 26, 2012
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Acid Rain: Scourge of the Past or Trend of the Present? New connection between climate change and acidification of Northeast's forests and streams Released
July 25, 2012
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Where North Meets South in the Sea Small fish adapt to cold, warm water temperatures along 2,000 miles of Atlantic Coast Released
July 24, 2012
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All Washed Up and Somewhere to Go Seaweed on beaches is an ecological treasure trove Released
July 20, 2012
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It's Wildflower Season on Mountain Peaks, But Alpine Plants May Soon Miss the Date Study conducted over 38 years shows one species' timing has shifted by 13 days Released
July 11, 2012
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Hitchhiker's Guide to The Deep Creatures of the abyss invade surface world Released
June 8, 2012
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Queen of Spades Key to New Evolutionary Hypothesis Microscopic ocean plankton mimic card also known as the Black Queen Released
May 10, 2012
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Nature Observation Database Receives One-Millionth Entry Key database monitoring climate change received its one-millionth report from a network of "citizen scientists" Released
May 3, 2012
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Gulf Oil Spill: Scientists Develop New Model for Deep-water Oil Spills Call for a "whole new type" of marine ecology Released
April 20, 2012
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Novel Answer to That Perennial "Earth Day" Question: "What Can I Do to Help?" Groups of citizen scientists are making pivotal contributions to research on the Earth, its place in the universe and other natural phenomena Released
April 19, 2012
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Earth Week: A Stream Is a Stream Is a Stream: Or Is It? Scientists ford high-mountain waterways in North, South America to find out Released
April 16, 2012
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Long-term Ecological Research Reveals Causes and Consequences of Environmental Change New insights as NSF Long Term Ecological Research Network reflects on three decades of science Released
April 6, 2012
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Cry Me a River: Following a Watershed's Winding Path to Sustainability National Science Foundation "Water, Sustainability and Climate" award fosters new view of urban rivers, lakes Released
March 9, 2012
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The Snows of Mount Washington Climate and environmental change in the U.S. northeast corridor Released
March 2, 2012
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Studying Nature's Rhythms: Soundscape Ecologists Spawn New Field Listen to biophony, geophony, anthrophony: the 'music' of Planet Earth Released
February 6, 2012
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Making Nature's Best Better to Produce Biofuels The National Renewable Energy Laboratory uses supercomputer simulations to explore designer enzymes for renewable fuels Released
January 31, 2012
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Biodiversity of Earth's Richest Plant Kingdom Under Fire In response to climate change, will a postage-sized-domain move uphill--and ultimately out of room? Released
January 27, 2012
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"Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology" Initiative Charts New Path for College-level Biology Meeting the needs of the 21st Century Released
January 24, 2012
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By the Light of January's Wolf Moon On the hunt, is bigger better for predators like wolves? Released
January 10, 2012
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Out of Africa and Into the American Midwest Last of the oak savannas survives at NSF Cedar Creek Long-Term Ecological Research site Released
January 6, 2012
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Trouble in Paradise: Ocean Acidification This Way Comes Sustainability of tropical corals in question, but some species developing survival mechanisms Released
January 4, 2012
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Prowling Pandas Become Policy Advisers Vanessa Hull evaluates the impacts of zoning on pandas in Wolong Nature Reserve in southwestern China Released
December 14, 2011
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Can Marcellus Shale Gas Development and Healthy Waterways Sustainably Coexist? National Science Foundation Sustainability Research Coordination Network is Providing Answers Released
December 9, 2011
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Seeing the Forest Under the Trees New Effect of Acid Rain on Forests: Too Many Dead Leaves a Bad Sign for Sugar Maples Released
December 7, 2011
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Worms Can Evolve to Survive Intersex Populations Experimental evolution reveals a possible intermediate stage in the evolution of sex determination Released
December 5, 2011
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Taking the Pulse of Marine Life in Stressed Seas Researchers study responses of crustaceans to human-caused environmental stresses Released
October 6, 2011
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