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Summary:Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram may not be great for personal well-being. The first experimental study examining use of multiple platforms shows a causal link

Summary:Climate change is impacting the Caribbean, with millions facing increasing food insecurity and decreasing freshwater availability as droughts become more likely across the region,

Summary:Two connected marine ecosystems — the Eastern English Channel and Southern North Sea — experienced big and opposite changes in their fish communities over

Summary:Researchers have made the surprising discovery that the number of calories people burn while at rest changes with the time of day. When at

Summary:Why do some people trust their gut instincts over logic? It could be that they see those snap decisions as a more accurate reflection

Summary:Limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society, according to the latest report from the

Summary:Global average sea-level could rise by nearly 8 feet by 2100 and 50 feet by 2300 if greenhouse gas emissions remain high and humanity

Summary:The 2018 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel is being awarded to William D. Nordhaus “for integrating climate change

Summary:Global warming is projected to spawn more extreme wet and dry weather around the world, according to a new study. Those extremes include more

Summary:A study examined the release of vapors from gas station vent pipes, finding emissions were 10 times higher than estimates used in setback regulations

Summary:Scientists were able to record a sudden outburst of a glacial lake with seismometers deployed the year before in the wake of the catastrophic