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Antarctic Bottom Water shrunk by 2.9 percent between 2002 and 2023, a hidden ocean mass that fills forty percent of the global sea and is losing volume

Antarctic Bottom Water volume shrinking four times faster since 2015, affecting global ocean circulation and climate.
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Around 2010, iron-rich liquid beneath the Pacific switched direction inside Earth’s outer core, a reversal that peaked then weakened again by 2020

Something unexpected happened nearly 1,800 miles beneath the Pacific Ocean. Around 2010, a broad flow of iron-rich liquid at ...
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A Hawaii animal sanctuary is offering free housing to travelers, but in return they must spend 30 hours a week feeding, cleaning and caring for rescued farm animals

Free housing in Hawaii sounds tempting. The catch? Travelers must spend 30 hours a week caring for rescued farm animals.
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In 1998, about 1,000 truckloads of orange peels were dumped on a barren pasture used for grazing livestock in Costa Rica, and what scientists discovered 15 years late…

Orange peels cover a degraded Costa Rican pasture in 1998, years before the site developed into a young secondary forest.
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In the early 1970s, Florida dumped between 1 million and 2 million tires into the Atlantic to build an artificial reef, and the plan turned into an ecological disaster

Florida has spent decades removing over half a million tires from the failed Osborne Tire Reef, a warning about ocean ...
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A study of nearly 10,000 battery tests found used EV batteries hold up far better than feared, with the Kia e-Niro still at 97% capacity after 62,000 miles

A study of nearly 10,000 battery health tests found top EVs keep over 97% of capacity after 62,000 miles, easing degradation ...
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In 2022, a California startup released sulfur dioxide balloons over Mexico to test ‘cooling credits,’ and the backlash pushed Mexico to move to block solar geoengine…

A startup balloon launch over Mexico reignited the debate on solar geoengineering, after the country moved to block the ...
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A Colorado farm now grows berries and herbs beneath 3,276 solar panels, and four years of data show the shade actually helped crops survive drought

A Colorado farm grows crops beneath thousands of solar panels, and years of data show the shade actually helped plants ...
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New York City sank more than 2,500 retired subway cars off the Atlantic coast, and the ones that survived became a surprisingly rich artificial reef

New York City sank thousands of retired subway cars into the Atlantic, and most became a thriving reef, though some designs ...
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California startup JetZero is building a wide, wing-shaped passenger jet meant to burn up to 50% less fuel, and Japan Airlines just joined the project

JetZero's wide, wing-shaped jet promises major fuel savings, and Japan Airlines just joined the project ahead of its first ...
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A California startup won approval to launch a 59-foot mirror into orbit that beams sunlight to a chosen spot on Earth, helping crews work after dark

The FCC approved a satellite that beams reflected sunlight to Earth at night, and astronomers are pushing back over light ...
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A Paris startup backed by Y Combinator says its bug-hunting drone completed its first autonomous kill, but the insect it caught was a moth, not a mosquito.

A palm-sized drone struck a moth in a test flight, a step toward autonomous mosquito control, but real-world proof is still ...