{
  "id": 12204258,
  "title": "Why Great Plains rivers depend on wetlands as well as climate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/why-great-plains-rivers-depend-on-wetlands-as-well-as-climate",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-05T18:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-great-plains-rivers-wetlands-climate.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "When a prairie river carries more water in one year than another, the obvious place to look for an explanation is the sky. A year with more snow and rain should have more water in rivers. That was also how I initially thought about year-to-year changes in river flow. But while studying the Prairie Pothole Region, I learned that this is only part of the story. What happens after water reaches the…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Phys.org",
        "title": "One giant clam contains a month‑by‑month diary of the Great Barrier Reef's climate 200 years ago",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/one-giant-clam-contains-a-month-by-month-diary-of-the-great-barrier",
        "published": "2026-10-04T18:00:01.000Z"
      }
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}