Lessons from the past: How cold-water corals respond to global warming
Corals react to changes in their environment. This is true for tropical as well as cold-water corals and includes, among others, changes in temperature,...
Earth-abundant solar pixels found to produce hydrogen for weeks
Devices made of readily available oxide and carbon-based materials can produce clean hydrogen from water over weeks -- according to new research. The findings...
New study deepens understanding of how animals see, and what colors
Gathering vision data for hundreds of vertebrates and invertebrates, biologists have deepened scientists' understanding of animal vision, including the colors they see. The researchers...
Cover crops not enough to improve soil after decades of continuous corn
Although about 20% of Illinois cropping systems are planted to continuous corn, it's nearly impossible to find fields planted this way for decades at...
Wildlife’s worm-wide web
Many of us try to repress the thought of them, while others have come to accept them. Whatever your take on parasites is, they...
Textile filter testing shows promise for carbon capture
Researchers found they could filter carbon dioxide from air and gas mixtures at promising rates using a proposed new textile-based filter that combines cotton...
How a knee replacement impacts the planet
Researchers are quantifying the effects of healthcare on the environment, specifically the particularly waste-heavy and energy-intensive specialty of orthopedic surgery. The researchers reviewed existing...
Including all types of emissions shortens timeline to reach Paris Agreement temperature targets
Looking beyond carbon dioxide emissions to include other human-generated pollutants, like methane, nitrogen oxide and particulate pollution, changes the picture for how much warming...
Liquid platinum at room temperature
Researchers in Australia have been able to use trace amounts of liquid platinum to create cheap and highly efficient chemical reactions at low temperatures,...
Beyond ‘plant trees!’: Research finds tree plantations encroaching on essential ecosystems
Trees planted in the tropics as part of nations' reforestation commitments can have unintended consequences, sometimes degrading biodiversity hotspots, damaging ecosystems like grasslands, or...
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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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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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