Corals saving corals
Corals resistant to disease can rescue more vulnerable corals, UC Davis found. Raising corals with diverse genotypes builds resilience amid disease and climate changes...
Shining a new light on the importance of a critical photosynthesis pathway in plants
The mystery of the unclear biological significance of the ferredoxin/thioredoxin pathway in plants has finally been solved by researchers using CRISPR/Cas9. The researchers show...
‘SharkGuard’ reduces bycatch of endangered sharks, sea trials show
For sharks living in the open ocean, longline fishing is the number-one threat, with an estimated 20 million pelagic sharks caught annually by fishers...
Arctic carbon conveyor belt discovered
Every year, the cross-shelf transport of carbon-rich particles from the Barents and Kara Seas could bind up to 3.6 million metric tons of CO2...
Exploring the deep: Drones offer new ways to monitor sea floor
Researchers have developed a novel method for measuring the earth's crust on the seafloor. A lightweight geodetic measurement device was mounted on a sea-surface...
Small modular reactor waste analysis report
Small modular nuclear reactors, which offer greater flexibility and lower upfront cost than large nuclear reactors, have both some advantages and disadvantages when it...
Keep your cats inside for the sake of their health and the surrounding environment
New research concludes that by letting their cats outdoors, humans in Washington D.C. are placing cats at high risk for catching and transmitting disease,...
Monitoring ‘frothy’ magma gases could help evade disaster
Volcanic eruptions are dangerous and difficult to predict. A team has found that the ratio of atoms in specific gases released from volcanic fumaroles...
New insights into energy loss open doors for one up-and-coming solar tech
A new method for describing energy loss in organic solar cells has paved the way for building better and more efficient devices.
Turning wastewater into fertilizer is feasible and could help to make agriculture more sustainable
The wastewater draining from massive pools of sewage sludge has the potential to play a role in more sustainable agriculture, according to environmental engineering...
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Rare blindcat found in US, could prove water-filled caves connect Texas and Mexico
The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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