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  • As the leader of ORNL’s Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Group, environmental scientist Teresa Mathews works to understand the impacts of energy generation on water and solve challenging problems, including mercury pollution. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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  • The SPRUCE experiment, managed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, provides a unique opportunity to gather and analyze data on how warming and elevated carbon dioxide levels affect carbon-rich peatlands in northern latitudes. Credit: ORNL/U.S. Dept. of Energy

    Understanding climate change

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  • ORNL metabolic engineer Adam Guss develops genetic tools to modify microbes that can perform a range of processes needed to create sustainable biofuels and bioproducts. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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.@ORNL researcher @Colleen_Iversen is dishing the dirt in search of climate change solutions ↓ http://tnledger.com/knoxville/editorial/Article.aspx?id=145250
.@ORNL researcher @Colleen_Iversen is dishing the dirt in search of climate change solutions
LISTEN: Peatlands occupy about 3 percent of the Earth's surface, but store thousands of years' worth of carbon. As temperatures rise, these carbon sinks could become carbon sources. Scientists are studying this possibility through the SPRUCE experiment. 🎧 https://apple.co/3ljDCmF
LISTEN: Peatlands occupy about 3 percent of the Earth's surface, but store thousands of years' worth of carbon. As temperatures rise, these carbon sinks could become carbon sources. Scientists are studying this possibility through the SPRUCE experiment.
. @doescience highlights @ORNL researchers' work to help send therapeutic #isotopes directly to #cancer cells. Find out more: https://science.osti.gov/Isotope-Research-Development-and-Production/Science-Highlights/2021/IP-2021-08-a
. @doescience highlights @ORNL researchers' work to help send therapeutic #isotopes directly to #cancer cells. Find out more: https://science.osti.gov/Isotope-Research-Development-and-Production/Science-Highlights/2021/IP-2021-08-a

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