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GRIT remaps the world's rivers, branching into the unknown to aid global flood modeling
A team led by researchers at the University of Oxford has created the most complete map of the world's rivers ever made, ...
Sea expedition helps unravel why mercury levels are so high in the Arctic
Mercury (Hg) is a naturally occurring element found across the globe, yet it becomes highly toxic as it accumulates up the ...
Hubble pinpoints young stars in spiral galaxy
In this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope peers into the spiral galaxy NGC 1317 in the constellation Fornax, located ...
SpaceX launches latest Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral
Project Kuiper's constellation aims to total more than 3,600 satellites by 2028. SpaceX's Starlink, which has already had ...
Observations detect a perfectly shaped supernova remnant
An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new supernova remnant that showcases a remarkable circular ...
How a worm perpetuated wildfires in northern Minnesota
Wildfires are burning through thousands of acres of forest in Northern Minnesota, damaging buildings and forcing residents to ...
First machine learning model developed to calculate the volume of all glaciers on Earth
A team of researchers led by Niccolò Maffezzoli, "Marie Curie" fellow at Ca' Foscari University of Venice and the University of California, Irvine, and an associate member of the Institute of Polar ...