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The impact of climate change on fertility

We examine the potential for climate change to impact fertility via adaptations in human behavior. We start by discussing a wide range of economic channels through which climate change might impact ...

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Earth's missing argon paradox resolved by recycling of oceanic crust

Oceanic crust subduction sequesters substantial amounts of argon in the Earth's mantle, while atmosphere-derived argon affects only the isotopic composition and not the overall budget, according to ...

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Minimizing damage during FIB sample preparation of soft materials

10.1111/j.1365-2818.2011.03570.x Although focused ion beam (FIB) microscopy has been used successfully for milling patterns and creating ultra-thin electron and soft X-ray transparent sections of ...

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Global patterns and controls of soil organic carbon dynamics as simulated by multiple terrestrial biosphere models: Current status and future directions

Soil is the largest organic carbon (C) pool of terrestrial ecosystems, and C loss from soil accounts for a large proportion of land-atmosphere C exchange. Therefore, a small change in soil organic C ...

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The carbon balance of fiery ecosystems: unpacking the role of soils, disturbances and climate solutions

Shifting fire regimes are reshaping ecosystems and driving significant changes in global carbon cycling. However, predicting these trajectories remains challenging due to divergent fire ...

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The Galaxy Evolution Probe: A concept for a mid and far-infrared space observatory

The Galaxy Evolution Probe (GEP) is a concept for a mid and far-infrared space observatory designed to survey sky for star-forming galaxies from redshifts of z = 0 to beyond z = 4. Furthering our ...

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Carnegie Science Celebrates Second Annual Carnegie Science Day

Today, Carnegie Science celebrates its second annual Carnegie Science Day, a commemoration of the institution’s inaugural Board of Trustees meeting on January 29, 1902 and a celebration of its ...

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