Large summer ‘dead zone’ forecast for Chesapeake Bay after wet winter and spring
Ecologists are forecasting a large Chesapeake Bay 'dead zone' in 2019 due to well-above-average river flows associated with increased rainfall in the watershed since...
Future tsunamis possible in the Red Sea’s Gulf of Elat-Aqaba
Researchers who took a closer look at a 1995 tsunami in the Gulf of Elat-Aqaba, at the northeastern tip of the Red Sea, say...
Protecting coral reefs in a deteriorating environment
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Old ice and snow yields tracer of preindustrial ozone
Using rare oxygen molecules trapped in old ice and snow, US and French scientists have answered a long-standing question: How much have 'bad' ozone...
Organic carbon hides in sediments, keeping oxygen in atmosphere
A new study may help settle a long-standing question -- how small amounts of organic carbon become locked away in rock and sediments, preventing...
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Rescuers often driven by emotion
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Monkeys face climate change extinction threat
Monkeys living in South America are highly vulnerable to climate change and face an 'elevated risk of extinction', according to a new study.
Community knowledge can be as valuable as ecological knowledge in environmental decision-making
An understanding of community issues can be as valuable as knowing the ecology of an area when making environmental decisions, according to new research.
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