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1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (320+ words) USGS (. gov) Official websites use. gov Secure. gov websites use HTTPS Novel Management Techniques for Colonial Nesting Waterbirds This project focuses on USGS collaborating with USFWS colleagues to understand how management practices on Poplar Island impact target and non-target wildlife…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago  (664+ words) May 23 (Reuters) " Some of the plants that make familiar landscapes recognizable may not survive by century's end as climate change becomes an increasingly important driver of species loss, according to scientists, reshaping and often shrinking suitable habitats that the plants…...

2+ hour, 25+ min ago  (298+ words) This week's science news. A buzzy de-extinction company is making headlines again, the Smile spacecraft launched on its way to observe Earth's magnetic shield in action, and a new study cast doubt on the existence of water vapor plumes on…...

5+ hour, 25+ min ago  (370+ words) A newly discovered 83-million-year-old crocodile lizard fossil in France rewrites the history of pan-shinisaur lizards in Europe and links to a critically endangered modern species. Paleontologists unearthed the fossilized upper jaw of a lizard near Villeveyrac in the H'rault region…...

3+ hour, 10+ min ago  (631+ words) More than 3 million years ago, early human relatives were not alone in ancient Africa. Researchers have identified a formidable crocodile fossil that may change how we picture one of the defining periods of human evolution. A newly identified crocodile species…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (307+ words) Navajo Technical University Press has collaborated with author Daniel Vandever to publish a children's picture book, "High Desert Treasure," that highlights the unique geology of the Navajo Nation. The story was commissioned by NTU under NASA's MAIANSE program to further…...

4+ hour, 55+ min ago  (540+ words) ESA satellites reveal a sudden reversal in Earth's molten core beneath the Pacific, challenging assumptions about the stability of our planet's magnetic engine. Frederik Dahl Madsen, lead author of the study, published in the Journal of Studies of Earth's Deep…...

6+ hour, 10+ min ago  (445+ words) A massive movement of magma unfolded beneath this Atlantic island, but almost nobody realized it at the time. The molten rock moved surprisingly fast, rising from more than 20 kilometers underground. Most of the journey, however, was almost silent, producing very…...

6+ hour, 25+ min ago  (231+ words) Deep inside a South Korean asteroid crater, scientists have uncovered ancient microbial structures thriving in a long-vanished hydrothermal lake, raising profound questions about where life first found its foothold, and whether the same story played out on Mars. Stromatolites discovered…...

6+ hour, 35+ min ago  (528+ words) Suzlon's Karnataka wind energy orderbook surpasses 2 GW with new Sunsure energy project Gadkari bats for ethanol vehicles to reduce dependence of fossil fuels US ethanol blending credits decline in April as biodiesel credits register growth Brazil's ethanol out eput rises…...