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2026
July
08,
2026
| 10:01 AM America/New_York
Policies aimed at expanding energy infrastructure are more effective, and can remain cost-neutral, when they take community and environmental impacts into account, a new analysis suggests.
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May
18,
2026
| 08:02 AM America/New_York
Gathering dust from buildings may hold promise as a more efficient way to track viral outbreaks in indoor settings, according to a new study.  
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February
04,
2026
| 10:46 AM America/New_York
No natural phenomenon provides a rarer chance to study the secrets of the animal world than a total solar eclipse. 
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2025
December
18,
2025
| 10:44 AM America/New_York
Ohio Sea Grant, on behalf of The Ohio State University, the University of Toledo and the Ohio Department of Higher Education, has released the 2025 research findings for the Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative (HABRI).
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October
24,
2025
| 13:40 PM America/New_York
Fungal networks may be a promising alternative to tiny metal devices used in processing and storing digital memories and other computer data, according to a new study. 
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October
15,
2025
| 09:00 AM America/New_York
Installing green infrastructure in residential areas can prevent stormwater from flooding sewer systems and significantly curb heavy metal pollution, suggests a new study.
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October
07,
2025
| 07:57 AM America/New_York
Researchers have developed new software for exploring and communicating animal movements in the wild. 
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September
03,
2025
| 17:31 PM America/New_York
As coral reefs decline at unprecedented rates, new research has revealed that some coral species may be more resilient to warming temperatures than others. 
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July
29,
2025
| 12:18 PM America/New_York
Coral restoration efforts could be dramatically improved with technologies that support the survival and growth of baby corals, suggests a new study. 
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June
30,
2025
| 15:06 PM America/New_York
As glaciers retreat due to a rise in global temperatures, one study shows detailed 3D elevation models could drastically improve predictions about how they react to Earth’s warming climate. 
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April
25,
2025
| 11:03 AM America/New_York
Scientists are working to shed new light on an enduring climate mystery – one that, if solved, could help them make more accurate predictions about the planet’s future.In a new study, data from ice cores collected from Greenland, Antarctica and
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February
06,
2025
| 12:51 PM America/New_York
Scientists have developed a novel tool designed to protect and conserve coral reefs by providing them with an abundance of feeding opportunities. 
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February
04,
2025
| 09:00 AM America/New_York
Researchers have developed a new portable tool that could improve how firefighters douse fires, making the process more efficient and far less risky. 
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January
31,
2025
| 13:01 PM America/New_York
Constructed wetlands do a good job in their early years of capturing carbon in the environment that contributes to climate change – but that ability does diminish with time as the wetlands mature, a new study suggests.
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2024
November
20,
2024
| 10:00 AM America/New_York
Chemists have developed a novel way to capture and convert carbon dioxide into methane, suggesting that future gas emissions could be converted into an alternative fuel using electricity from renewable sources. 
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November
05,
2024
| 10:07 AM America/New_York
Human activities have led to the pollution of some of the remotest places in the world, a new study shows. 
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October
10,
2024
| 09:00 AM America/New_York
Rapid warming has impacted the northern ecosystem so significantly that scientists are concerned the region’s vegetation is losing the ability to recover from climate shocks, suggests a new study. 
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October
08,
2024
| 13:08 PM America/New_York
Natural climate patterns such as El Niño are causing tropical glaciers to lose their ice at an alarming rate, a new study has found. 
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September
24,
2024
| 08:00 AM America/New_York
Coral reefs will continue to experience severe heat stress as rising temperatures cause the oceans to become unbearably hot – but a new study shows that altering their feeding habits could allow local populations to avoid total
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August
26,
2024
| 11:01 AM America/New_York
Ancient viruses preserved in glacial ice hold valuable information about changes in Earth’s climate, a new study suggests.
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August
02,
2024
| 15:00 PM America/New_York
The rising earth beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet will likely become a major factor in future sea level rise, a new study suggests. 
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July
18,
2024
| 08:00 AM America/New_York
By harnessing the power of machine learning, researchers have constructed a framework for analyzing what factors most significantly contribute to a species’ genetic diversity.
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March
22,
2024
| 08:00 AM America/New_York
A new analysis of zooplankton in western Lake Erie shows that their biomass and seasonal behavioral patterns have been drastically altered by human-driven changes in water temperature and food webs.
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March
07,
2024
| 08:02 AM America/New_York
A new field promises to usher in a new era of using machine learning and computer vision to tackle small and large-scale questions about the biology of organisms around the globe.
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February
29,
2024
| 14:03 PM America/New_York
In a new study, scientists have discovered that viruses that infect microbes contribute to climate change by playing a key role in cycling methane, a potent greenhouse gas, through the environment.
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February
16,
2024
| 13:00 PM America/New_York
 In a new study, researchers have developed a method for capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, powered by clean and relatively inexpensive geothermal energy. 
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2023
December
15,
2023
| 12:00 PM America/New_York
Wildfire management systems outfitted with remote sensing technology could improve first responders’ ability to predict and respond to the spread of deadly forest fires.
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September
28,
2023
| 14:00 PM America/New_York
New research suggests that ultrasound may have potential in treating a group of harmful chemicals known as PFAS to eliminate them from  contaminated groundwater. 
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September
14,
2023
| 15:27 PM America/New_York
Lonnie Thompson has perhaps spent more time at the top of the world than anyone else on the planet.  
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September
13,
2023
| 09:00 AM America/New_York
A new type of analysis suggests that droughts in Ohio were more severe from 2000 to 2019 than standard measurements have suggested.
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