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Low risk of researchers passing coronavirus to North American bats
A new study finds that the risk is low that scientists could pass coronavirus to North American bats during winter research.
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Greenland caves: Time travel to a warm Arctic
An international team of scientists presents an analysis of sediments from a cave in northeast Greenland, that cover a time period between about 588,000 to 549,000 years ago. This interval was warmer and wetter than today, the cave deposits provide an outlook in a possible future warmer world due to climate change.
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Last Ice Age: Precipitation caused maximum advance of Alpine Glaciers
Geologists unexpectedly found mineral deposits in former ice caves in the Austrian Alps dating back to the peak of the last ice age. These special calcite crystals demonstrate that intensive snowfall during the second half of the year triggered a massive glacier advance leading to the climax of the last ice age.
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Rarest seal breeding site discovered
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown breeding site used by the world's rarest seal species.
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Metal whispering: Finding a better way to recover precious metals from electronic waste
With a bit of 'metal whispering,' engineers have developed technology capable of recovering pure and precious metals from the alloys in our old phones and other electrical waste. All it takes is the controlled application of oxygen and relatively low levels of heat.
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Ancient seashell resonates after 18,000 years
Almost 80 years after its discovery, a large shell from the ornate Marsoulas Cave in the Pyrenees has been studied by a multidisciplinary team: it is believed to be the oldest wind instrument of its type.
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Disease threatens to decimate western bats
A four-year study concludes that the fungal disease, white-nose syndrome, poses a severe threat to many western North American bats.
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