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In a study spanning 192 sites and four continents, researchers have discovered that conifers planted in the Southern ...

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A University of Bath–led study has estimated that the carbon dioxide produced by humans as our bodies turn food into energy ...

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The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS carries a chemical clue to conditions in the planetary system of its origin, locked away long ...