Marine Protected Areas in Antarctica should include young emperor penguins, scientists say
Scientists are calling for better protections for juvenile emperor penguins, as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service considers listing the species under the Endangered...
A greener route to blue — a new method drastically reduces the amount of...
Phthalocyanines are used in renewable energy production, sensing, nanomedicine and more. Researchers have demonstrated how the dye can be produced in a greener way...
Diatoms with a surprising appetite for nitrate discovered
Diatoms – unicellular organisms – have long been known to science, but their overwhelming appetite for nitrate is a new discovery made in a...
Ecologists use the latest dental scanning technology to study young coral
Inspired by a trip to the dentist, a researcher presents a new method for monitoring coral size and growth that reduces surveying time by...
Diamonds and rust at Earth’s core-mantle boundary
Scientists discover that a potential 'diamond factory' may have existed at Earth's core-mantle boundary for billions of years.
Microbiologists study giant viruses in climate-endangered Arctic Epishelf Lake
Investigators have produced an assessment of the abundance of the viruses in the Milne Fiord Epishelf Lake near the North Pole.
Wildlife hunting motivations vary across Africa and Europe
Wildlife hunting motivations and resulting ecological consequences vary depending on the socio-economic context across Africa and Europe, according to a new study. Despite these...
Oyster reef habitats disappear as Florida becomes more tropical
For centuries in Tampa Bay, remnant shorelines and shallow coastal waters supported typical subtropical marine habitats, such as salt marshes, seagrass beds, oyster reefs...
Arctic lakes are vanishing in surprise climate finding
A study shows a widespread patterns of loss, upending scientists' previous projections.
Exposure to past temperature variability may help forests cope with climate change
A new study assessed effects of past and current climate variability on global forest productivity. The work highlights sensitive regions where forests may be...
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