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Understanding Images: Identifying a novel gene involved in hair disorders
Published: 16/07/2019Author: Prashant Sharma, Undiagnosed Diseases Program, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health Competing interests: Prashant Sharma is an author of the article discusse ... Read moreSource: blogs.plos.org -
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Thirty years of unique data reveal what's really killing coral reefs
Published: 15/07/2019Coral bleaching is not just due to a warming planet, but also a planet that is simultaneously being enriched with reactive nitrogen from sources like improperly treated sewage, and fertilizers. Nitrog ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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Algae as a resource: Chemical tricks from the sea
Published: 15/07/2019The chemical process by which bacteria break down algae into an energy source for the marine food chain, has been unknown - until now. For the first time, is has been possible to clarify the biochemic ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com
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Marine scientists discover an important, overlooked role sea urchins play in the kelp forest ecosystem
Published: 10/07/2019Marine scientists discover an important, overlooked role sea urchins play in the kelp forest ecosystem. Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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Genetic pathway could enhance survival of coral
Published: 8/07/2019Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery that could enhance the ability of reef-building corals to survive a rapidly warming and disease-filled ocean. Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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Jurassic shift: Changing the rules of evolution
Published: 8/07/2019Is the success of species mainly dependent on environmental factors such as climate changes or do interactions between the species have a greater role to play? A study has investigated this question i ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com
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Deciphering enzymatic degradation of sugar from marine alga
Published: 8/07/2019Enzymes are biocatalysts that are crucial for the degradation of seaweed biomass in oceans. For the first time, an international team of scientists recently decoded the complete degradation pathway of ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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Coral bleaching: Altered gene expression may trigger collapse of symbiotic relationship
Published: 8/07/2019Researchers have identified the potential genes responsible for coral bleaching caused by temperature elevation. Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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How to protect corals facing climate change
Published: 1/07/2019The best way to protect corals threatened by climate change is to conserve a wide range of their habitats, according to a new study. The finding likely applies to conservation efforts for many other s ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com
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Environmentally friendly control of common disease infecting fish and amphibians
Published: 1/07/2019Aquatic organisms in marine systems and freshwaters are threatened by fungal and fungal-like diseases globally. These pathogens are especially dreaded in aquaculture. But they also pose a threat to bi ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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Corals in Singapore likely to survive sea-level rise
Published: 1/07/2019Marine scientists found that coral species in Singapore's sedimented and turbid waters are unlikely to be impacted by accelerating sea-level rise. Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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Evolution of life in the ocean changed 170 million years ago
Published: 1/07/2019New research identifies a previously overlooked global event which changed the course of the evolution of life in the oceans. It coincided with a rise in calcium carbonate-secreting plankton and their ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com
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Corals can survive in acidified ocean conditions, but have lower density skeletons
Published: 26/06/2019Coral reefs face many challenges to their survival, including the global acidification of seawater as a result of rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. A new study shows that at least three ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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Playing 'tag': Tracking movement of young oysters
Published: 24/06/2019A new publication investigates the use of a fluorescent dye to track movements of young oysters. The publication provides new knowledge on methods for tracking oysters in low salinity environments com ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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Damage to the ozone layer and climate change forming feedback loop
Published: 24/06/2019Increased solar radiation penetrating through the damaged ozone layer is interacting with the changing climate, and the consequences are rippling through the Earth's natural systems, effecting everyth ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com
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New study maps how ocean currents connect the world's fisheries
Published: 20/06/2019It's a small world after all -- especially when it comes to marine fisheries, with a new study revealing they form a single network, with over $10 billion worth of fish each year being caught in a cou ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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Animals may have more than one means of surviving hypoxia
Published: 20/06/2019A tidepool crustacean's ability to survive oxygen deprivation though it lacks a key set of genes raises the possibility that animals might have more ways of dealing with hypoxic environments than had ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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Earth's oldest animals could take trips
Published: 20/06/2019New research settles a longstanding debate about whether the most ancient animal communities were deliberately mobile. It turns out they were, because they were hungry. Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com
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Investigating coral and algal 'matchmaking' at the cellular level
Published: 19/06/2019What factors govern algae's success as 'tenants' of their coral hosts both under optimal conditions and when oceanic temperatures rise? Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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Fatty fish without environmental pollutants protect against type 2 diabetes
Published: 19/06/2019If the fatty fish we eat were free of environmental pollutants, it would reduce our risk of developing type 2 diabetes. However, the pollutants in the fish have the opposite effect and appears to elim ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com