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From the abyss of the Antarctic to proxy lunar landscapes in Arizona, fieldwork gives Earth and space scientists insight and experience.

Plants living in the shadows grew faster when exposed to excess carbon dioxide. But this short-term effect could vanish in a high-emission-induced warmer future, making the forest a carbon source.

Reintroducing these animals can enrich barren soils and potentially reduce water contamination, a study shows.

Plants’ ability to stock carbon ceased during the 2015–2016 El Niño, as temperatures skyrocketed and trees died.

More than 2,000 researchers have signed an open letter requesting the repatriation of a dinosaur fossil to Brazil. Some say the case highlights a pattern of scientific colonialism in paleontology.

The replacement of native vegetation by crops has raised groundwater levels in the Pampas, a new study suggests.

The Montreal Protocol has unintentionally slowed global warming and pushed back the first ice-free Arctic summer by 15 years, according to new research.

Sofia Moutinho. Sofia Moutinho is a Brazilian journalist writing about science, health, and the environment. Growing up in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest fueled her interest in the natural sciences and how things work. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and a master's in science journalism from Columbia University. Her byline has appeared in Science, Mother Jones, SciDev.Net, Ciencia Hoje, and the Center for Public Integrity.  

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