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Seeding oceans with iron may not impact climate change
Published: 17/02/2020A new study suggests that iron fertilization may not have a significant impact on phytoplankton growth, at least on a global scale. Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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Would you trust your kids with this man? No? I didn't think so.
Published: 17/02/2020Today I want to shine a bit of light on the conspiracy theorist behind the film "Vaxxed" and its recent sequel, "Vaxxed II." I'm not going to provide any links to the movie, or to describe it, except ... Read moreSource: genome.fieldofscience.com -
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Stinging water mystery solved: Jellyfish can sting swimmers, prey with 'mucus grenades'
Published: 13/02/2020In warm coastal waters around the world, swimmers can often spot large groups of jellyfish pulsing on the seafloor. It is best to avoid areas that upside-down jellyfish inhabit: getting close can lead ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com
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A coral's symbiotic community may predict how well it resists climate stress
Published: 12/02/2020U.S. and Australian researchers have found a potential tool for identifying stress-tolerant ''super corals.'' In experiments that simulated climate change stress, researchers found corals that best su ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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Protecting redundancy in the food web helps ensure ecological resilience
Published: 12/02/2020In 2014, a disease of epidemic proportions gripped the West Coast of the US. You may not have noticed, though, unless you were underwater. Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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Microplastics are new homes for microbes in the Caribbean
Published: 12/02/2020Only about 1% of marine plastic debris is recovered at the ocean's surface, meaning the other 99% likely either sinks or is consumed by marine organisms. Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com
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Why the goby can conquer the waters of the world
Published: 11/02/2020The round goby, one of the most common invasive freshwater fish in the world, boasts a particularly robust immune system, which could be one of the reasons for its excellent adaptability. Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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New method to allow corals to rapidly respond to climate change
Published: 11/02/2020A team of marine biology and environmental genomics researchers have demonstrated that epigenetic modifications in reef-building corals can be transmitted from parents to their offspring. Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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Impact of oil contaminated water on tubeworms and brittlestars
Published: 10/02/2020A new study adds a new layer to understanding how an oil spill could impact marine life. A diverse community of worms and other marine organisms on the seafloor plays a large role in nutrient cycling, ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com
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New global biodiversity study provides unified map of life on land and in the ocean
Published: 5/02/2020A new study offers the most complete picture available of where life occurs on Earth and what the most critical environmental factors are for determining why it's in specific places. The study's autho ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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New thalattosaur species discovered in Southeast Alaska
Published: 4/02/2020Scientists have identified a new species of thalattosaur, a marine reptile that lived more than 200 million years ago. The new species, Gunakadeit joseeae, is the most complete thalattosaur ever found ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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Scientists listen to whales, walruses and seals in a changing Arctic seascape
Published: 3/02/2020A year-round acoustic study of marine mammals in the northern Bering Sea is providing scientists with a valuable snapshot of an Arctic world already under drastic pressure from climate change. Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com
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Past climate safe havens now most vulnerable
Published: 3/02/2020The profound threat of future climate change to biodiversity demands that scientists seek ever more effective ways to identify the most vulnerable species, communities, and ecosystems. Scientists have ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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The secret life of microbes: Molecules in a deep-sea symbiosis
Published: 3/02/2020Mussels in the deep sea can only survive there thanks to symbiotic bacteria living inside of them. Researchers have now succeeded for the first time in simultaneously identifying individual bacteria i ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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Losing coastal plant communities to climate change will weaken sea defenses
Published: 3/02/2020New research suggests the impact of rising sea levels and the increased frequency and intensity of extreme storm events on coastal plants needs to be placed in greater focus. Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com
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Are you "vaccine hesitant"? You may be in a cult
Published: 3/02/2020Edward Jenner, who pioneered vaccination, and two colleagues (right) seeing off three anti-vaccination opponents, with the dead lying at their feet (1808). I Cruikshank/Wellcome Images/Wik ... Read moreSource: genome.fieldofscience.com -
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The health of foundation species promotes the stability of the ecosystems that depend on them
Published: 29/01/2020Anyone who's read 'The Lorax' will recognize that certain species serve as the foundation of their ecosystems. When the truffula trees disappear, so to do the swomee-swans and bar-ba-loots. However, t ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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Airborne microbes link Great Barrier Reef and Australian continent
Published: 29/01/2020A team of researchers has discovered a link between two different ecosystems, continental Australia and the Great Barrier Reef, due to airborne microbes that travel from the former to the latter. The ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com
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Second of its kind 'sharpshooter' leafhopper from Brazil 'strikes' with its coloration
Published: 28/01/2020When, in 2014, Brazilian researchers stumbled across a red-eyed leafhopper feeding inside bromeliads, growing in the restingas of southeastern Brazil, they were certain it was a one-of-a-kind discover ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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How widespread is illegal fishing? Albatrosses are helping us with the answer
Published: 27/01/2020Using albatrosses fitted with loggers, researchers have made a first estimation of the number of non-declared fishing boats operating without an identification system in the Southern Ocean: more than ... Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com -
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Oceanographers predict increase in phytoplankton by 2100
Published: 27/01/2020A neural network-driven Earth system model has led oceanographers to a surprising conclusion: phytoplankton populations will grow in low-latitude waters by the end of the 21st century. Read moreSource: www.sciencedaily.com