Facilitating coral restoration
Global declines of coral reefs -- particularly in the Caribbean -- have spurred efforts to grow corals in underwater nurseries and transplant them to...
Geologist identifies hidden clues to ancient supercontinents, confirms Pannotia
A geologist who first proposed the now-accepted supercontinent cycle theory in the 1980s has rallied to the cause of one of those supercontinents, Pannotia,...
Climate change and recreational activities at Walden Pond have altered its ecosystem
Climate change and recreational activity at Walden Pond may have altered the ecology of this iconic lake during the past 1,800 years, affecting the...
Unprecedented psychological distress months after Hurricane Harvey
Four months after Hurricane Harvey soaked the Houston area and displaced more than a third of the population, an alarming 52 percent of Harris...
Satellites, supercomputers, and machine learning provide real-time crop type data
Corn and soybean fields look similar from space -- at least they used to. But now, scientists have proven a new technique for distinguishing...
Researchers developing renewable energy approach for producing ammonia
Ammonia is an essential component of fertilizers that support the world's food production needs, and currently production relies on non-renewable fossil fuels and has...
Human-engineered changes on Mississippi River increased extreme floods
A new study has revealed for the first time the last 500-year flood history of the Mississippi River. It shows a dramatic rise in...
Newly discovered hormone helps keep plants from dehydrating
Researchers have discovered a small hormone that helps plants retain water when none is available in the soil. The study shows how the peptide...
Photosynthetic protein structure that harvests and traps infrared light
Scientists have solved the structure of a photosynthetic protein to reveal how it converts near-infrared light into an electrical charge. The new study gives...
Increase of plant species on mountain tops is accelerating with global warming
Over the past 10 years, the number of plant species on European mountain tops has increased by five-times more than during the period 1957-66....
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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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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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