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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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![Illustration showing Firefly, a mark-carton-sized satellite, gathering data on a gamma-ray burst.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121007173524im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/firefly1_l1.jpg) |
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Tiny Firefly Satellite Set To Flash Straight Into Lightning and Thunderstorms CubeSat will help solve mysteries of terrestrial gamma ray flashes, 1,000 times more powerful than northern lights Released
July 19, 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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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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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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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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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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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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Dashing Through the Snow, in a One-truck Radar Dish Scientists study mountain west snowstorms through the eye of the Doppler-on-Wheels Released
December 6, 2011
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A HIPPO Takes to the Skies to Taste Earth's Atmosphere The HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observation (HIPPO) project generated an extraordinarily detailed mapping of the global distribution of greenhouse gases, black carbon and related chemical species in the atmosphere Released
October 25, 2011
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The Earth Exploration Toolbook Wins SPORE Award Online resource for teachers and students provides data and data analysis tools related to the Earth sciences Released
October 3, 2011
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Looking Ahead to Local Climate Models Scientists at George Mason University's Center for Ocean-Land-Atmospheric Studies are working on more accurate climate predictions that will help us plan for the future Released
July 14, 2011
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Alligator Commuters: Gators' Travels Link Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems Florida alligators travel upstream and downstream between marshes and the coast Released
June 23, 2011
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New View of Undersea Giant Kelp Forest "Canopy"--From Satellites Above Marine scientists discover wave disturbance, nutrient levels affect California giant kelp growth Released
May 25, 2011
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How Tiny Microbes Took a Big Bite out of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Two scientists describe their research on the fate of massive methane releases from the Gulf oil spill during the summer and fall of 2010 Released
May 23, 2011
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