Compliance with Paris Agreement would limit loss of productivity in fishing, agriculture
Scientists show that 90% of the global population may face decreases in productivity for both agriculture and fishing if greenhouse emissions are not reduced....
When reefs die, parrotfish thrive
In contrast to most other species, reef-dwelling parrotfish populations boom in the wake of severe coral bleaching. The surprise finding came when researchers looked...
Sounds of the past give new hope for coral reef restoration
Young fish can be drawn to degraded coral reefs by loudspeakers playing the sounds of healthy reefs, according to new research.
Armored with plastic ‘hair’ and silica, new perovskite nanocrystals show more durability
Researchers have demonstrated a novel approach aimed at addressing the perovskite's durability problem: encasing the perovskite inside a double-layer protection system made from plastic...
Underwater telecom cables make superb seismic network
Photonic systems can transform underwater fiber-optic cables into a dense network of seismic stations to illuminate ocean-floor earthquake zones impossible to study today, according...
Animals could help humans monitor oceans
Sharks, penguins, turtles and other seagoing species could help humans monitor the oceans by transmitting oceanographic information from electronic tags.
Laboratory-evolved bacteria switch to consuming CO2 for growth
Over the course of several months, researchers created Escherichia coli strains that consume CO2 for energy instead of organic compounds. This achievement in synthetic...
Nine climate tipping points now ‘active,’ warn scientists
More than half of the climate tipping points identified a decade ago are now 'active,' a group of leading scientists have warned.
Unique sled dogs helped the inuit thrive in the North American Arctic
The legacy of these Inuit dogs survives today in Arctic sled dogs, making them one of the last remaining descendant populations of indigenous, pre-European...
Carbon intensity of power sector down in 2019
Engineers have compiled carbon emissions for the US electric power sector for the second quarter (Q2) of 2019 as part of the CMU Power...
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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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