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Earth & Space

Close up of American robin, Turdus migrotorius
Neighborhood Nestwatch and Citizen Science
A Bluefin tuna getting tagged.
On the Tail of a Tuna
Tracking bluefin with the Marine Science Research Station
Michael L. Williams, Chris Koteas, and Claire Pless with the Rausch minerals
Rock Solid
A professor’s mineral kingdom comes to campus
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Japan’s Nuclear Crisis and Tsunami Aftermath
Close up image of ice berg breaking off of glacier
State of Ice: A Benchmark for Polar Regions
Geoscientist Robert DeConto conducting climate change research in Antarctica
Big-Picture Climatology
Looking to the distant past to predict Earth’s future climate
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ANDRILL research and NOVA's Secret's Beneath the Ice
UMass Physicist Egor Babaev's model of a new type of superconductor.
A New Kind of Superconductivity
Invasive species Sahara mustard covers hillside in western Arizona
Ripple Effect
Controlling invasive species in a changing climate
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UMass Unveils the Northeast Climate Science Center
Students take a gravity core about 200 m from the tidewater glacier face
Geologic Time Lords
Studying glaciers to understand and predict climate change
Natural History Collected