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Sciworthy

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Category: Geography

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Is modern farming sustainable?

Posted on August 27, 2026August 27, 2026 by Sciworthy

Scientists studied sediments from the Mississippi River catchment to determine whether modern agriculture caused more landscape erosion than…

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    Thawing permafrost is affecting fish health

    Posted on August 19, 2026August 12, 2026 by Sciworthy

    Researchers showed that thawing permafrost reduces the quantity and quality of fish species in Arctic streams by raising water temperatures…

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      Can melting ice increase glacial hazards?

      Posted on August 6, 2026August 12, 2026 by Sciworthy

      Scientists determined the driving forces behind catastrophic events linked to glaciers in the Eastern Himalayas.

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        Testing local weather knowledge in the Bolivian Altiplano

        Posted on August 3, 2026July 22, 2026 by Sciworthy

        Researchers compared traditional Aymara weather signs with decades of meteorological data and found that some local indicators are strongly…

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          "Staphylococcus Bacteria" from Scientific Animations is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
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          Predicting microbial antibiotic resistance with AI

          Posted on July 27, 2026July 6, 2026 by Madeline Taylor

          Scientists used machine learning models to predict the prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes in agricultural soil under future climate…

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            Industrial waste solidified a UK beach in just 35 years

            Posted on July 16, 2026July 14, 2026 by Sciworthy

            Scientists analyzed the composition of mineral cements on a beach in Derwent Howe and found that furnace waste had rapidly solidified the…

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              When glaciers retreat, microbes take over

              Posted on June 15, 2026May 28, 2026 by Sciworthy

              Researchers demonstrated that the first microbes to colonize recently deglaciated soil can extract nutrients from air and rock to survive…

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                How did land plants change rivers?

                Posted on May 25, 2026September 1, 2026 by Sciworthy

                Scientists studied meandering rivers across the globe to establish how they responded to the evolution of land plants.

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                  How quickly can forests recover from wildfires?

                  Posted on August 11, 2025September 1, 2026 by Sciworthy

                  Scientists modeled forest productivity before and after wildfires. They found that plant regrowth depended on the type of biome and how much…

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                    Melting glaciers release methane

                    Posted on July 3, 2025September 1, 2026 by Sciworthy

                    Geologists studied gas fluxes from groundwater springs uncovered by melting Arctic glaciers. They estimated that these springs release over…

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