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Rising Tundra Temperatures Create Worrying Changes in Microbial Communities

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Tundra test plot
Mercury ID
623061
Jul 08, 2019

Rising temperatures could affect the microbial communities in northern latitude tundra.

Peatlands’ ‘Huge Reservoir’ of Carbon at Risk of Release

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Yurt-like test chambers in a natural boreal spruce bog in northern Minnesota (provided).
Mercury ID
678444
Oct 23, 2025

Researchers analyzed data from 10, yurt-like test chambers in a natural boreal spruce bog in northern Minnesota.

Energy Regulation Rollbacks Threaten Progress Against Harmful Ozone

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Coal-fired power plant by day
Mercury ID
628279
Oct 29, 2019

This is what could happen if all endangered regulations that help in the fight against harmful ozone go away.

Georgia Tech Included in Major Water Desalination Research Initiative

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Water desalination
Mercury ID
627790
Oct 18, 2019

Georgia Tech is part of a new effort to address water security issues in the United States.

El Nino Swings More Violently in the Industrial Age, Hard Evidence Says

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El Nino globe images 1997 and 2015
Mercury ID
629307
Nov 25, 2019

Hard evidence now says: El Nino and the climate phenomenon that drives it have become more extreme in the industrial age.

Exoplanet Axis Study Boosts Hopes of Complex Life, Just Not Next Door

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Alpha Centauri AB
Mercury ID
629146
Nov 20, 2019

An exoplanet study on axis tilts raises hopes that advanced life may exist elsewhere in the universe.

Metal Oxide-infused Membranes Could Offer Low-Energy Alternative For Chemical Separations

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Hybrid membrane
Mercury ID
623492
Jul 18, 2019

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are working on membranes that could separate chemicals without using energy-intensive distillation processes.

Adhesive Formed From Bee Spit and Flower Oil Could Form Basis of New Glues

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Honeybee
Mercury ID
593355
Mar 27, 2019

Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology are looking at that mixture of ingredients as a model for a bioinspired glue because of its unique adhesive properties and ability to remain sticky through a range of conditions.

Material Formed from Crab Shells and Trees Could Replace Flexible Plastic Packaging

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J. Carson Meredith
Mercury ID
608016
Jul 23, 2018

Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have created a material derived from crab shells and tree fibers that has the potential to replace the flexible plastic packaging used to keep food fresh.

Smoke from Wildfires Can Have Lasting Climate Impact

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Okefenokee Swamp Wildfire
Mercury ID
591981
May 22, 2017

Researchers have found that carbon particles released into the air from burning trees and other organic matter are much more likely than previously thought to travel to the upper levels of the atmosphere, where they can interfere with rays from the sun.

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