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What’s hot in science and engineering? Research news for the day of March 21, 2022

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Mon, 21 Mar 2022
Fewer rainy days and earlier springs linked in northern climates

New model shows leaves appearing 1-2 days earlier each decade

A drop in the total number of rainy days each year is contributing to an earlier arrival of spring for plants in northern climates, a new study finds.

Scientists have known that warmer temperatures due to climate change have led to the first leaves coming out at …

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Mon, 21 Mar 2022
‘Fitbits’ for streams

Scientists monitoring streams to predict how freshwater vital signs might shift with development, climate change

On one of the first mild days in February, Duke University‘s Emily Bernhardt and other stream ecologists donned their hip waders and ventured out to the sycamore-lined banks of …

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