What’s hot in science? Research news for the day of February 11, 2021

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scientists aboard the drillship JOIDES Resolution

Thu, 11 Feb 2021
Scientists solve climate change mystery

Revised temperature record affirms role of greenhouse gases in recent millennia

Scientists have resolved a key climate change mystery, showing that the annual global temperature today is the warmest of the past 10,000 years, according to a Rutgers

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researchers retrieve water samples

Thu, 11 Feb 2021
Researchers discover an immense hydrocarbon cycle in the world's ocean

Hydrocarbons that trace their origin to biological sources may play a large role in ocean ecology

Hydrocarbons and petroleum are almost synonymous in environmental science. Oil reserves account for nearly all the hydrocarbons we know. But the few hydrocarbons that trace their origin to biological sources may play a larger ecological role than scientists originally

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bison at Nachusa Grasslands

Wed, 10 Feb 2021
Study challenges ecology's 'Field of Dreams' hypothesis

Restoring animal habitat requires much more than just the right plants

If you build it, they might not come. That's the key finding of a new study on habitat restoration practices that challenges a commonly accepted principle in ecology.

The

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green leaves

Wed, 10 Feb 2021
Even machines need their greens

Chloroplast-fortified 3D-printer ink may strengthen products like custom sneaker soles

A tree grows strong from years of generating its own food. Imagine if products could be strengthened with the same living materials that provide nutrients to trees. This is the work of

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