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For the first time, researchers have mapped the population structure of silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) in the ...

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The 120-mile Tijuana River flows from Baja California into the United States and discharges millions of gallons of wastewater ...

Keeling’s a climate scientist, but he’s not talking about global warming. He’s talking about the Trump administration’s ...

Plastic pollution is among the most pressing environmental crises, and new research suggests that solutions may lie not only ...

As a researcher, it is expected that your data, study, or paper is your highest priority: that you are devoted to it. As a ...

A University of Maryland study reveals more frequent and intense marine heat waves in Chesapeake Bay using advanced satellite ...

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego works to understand and protect the planet and find solutions to our most pressing environmental challenges. Humankind faces catastrophic changes in ...

Side-by-side photographs of a harbour in northern England seemingly showing water lower this decade than 130 years ago do not ...

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