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  Massive Crevasses and Bendable Ice Affect Stability of Antarctic Ice Shelf

  December 7, 2012 — Massive crevasses and bendable ice affect stability of Antarctic ice shelf, a research team ... > full story
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  From Clawed Spiders to Deep-Sea Sharks: 137 New Species Described by California Academy of Sciences in 2012

  December 7, 2012 — In 2012, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 137 new relatives to our family tree, enriching our understanding of the complex web of life on Earth and strengthening our ability to ... > full story
• Soil Types
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  Hexagonal Pattern Found on Plant-Parasitic Nematode

  December 7, 2012 — A unique hexagonal pattern has been discovered in a recently described plant-parasitic nematode ... > full story
• Acid Rain
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  Greenland Ice Sheet Carries Evidence of Increased Atmospheric Acidity

  December 7, 2012 — Studies have shown decreasing levels of the isotope nitrogen-15 in core samples from Greenland ice starting around the time of the Industrial Revolution. New research suggests the decline corresponds ... > full story
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  Drought in the Horn of Africa Delays Migrating Birds

  December 6, 2012 — The catastrophic drought last year in the Horn of Africa affected millions of people but also caused the extremely late arrival into northern Europe of several migratory songbird species, a new study ... > full story
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  How Cold Will a Winter Be in Two Years? Climate Models Still Struggle With Medium-Term Climate Forecasts

  December 6, 2012 — How well are the most important climate models able to predict the weather conditions for the coming year or even the next decade? Scientists have evaluated 23 climate models. Their conclusion: there ... > full story
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  NASA's TRMM Satellite Provides 3-D Analysis of Super-Typhoon Bopha

  December 6, 2012 — NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite observed the eyewall of Super-typhoon Bopha in 3-D shortly before noon on Dec. 3, 2012 (Philippines local time). At that time, Bopha was at ... > full story
• Global Warming
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  Arctic Continues to Break Records in 2012: Becoming Warmer, Greener Region With Record Losses of Summer Sea Ice and Late Spring Snow

  December 6, 2012 — The Arctic region continued to break records in 2012 -- among them the loss of summer sea ice, spring snow cover, and melting of the Greenland ice sheet. This was true even though air temperatures in ... > full story
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  Warm Sea Water Is Melting Antarctic Glaciers

  December 6, 2012 — The ice sheet in West Antarctica is melting faster than expected. New observations may improve our ability to predict future changes in ice sheet ... > full story
• Evolutionary Biology
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  Emergence of Flowering Plants: New Light Shed on Darwin's 'Abominable Mystery'

  December 6, 2012 — Research sheds new light on what Charles Darwin famously called "an abominable mystery": the apparently sudden appearance and rapid spread of flowering plants in the fossil ... > full story

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