Sunlight can break down marine plastic into tens of thousands of chemical compounds, study...
Sunlight was once thought to only fragment plastics in the marine environment into smaller particles that chemically resemble the original material and persist forever....
First global study of wildfire pollution reveals increase in mortality rate
The first study into the global impact of wildfire-related pollution and deaths comprehensively links short term exposure to wildfire-related fine particulate matters.
Long-distance relationships for endangered corals
Flash-frozen coral sperm was used to fertilize coral eggs from hundreds of miles away, this 'assisted gene flow' technique could be used as a...
Study reveals dramatic impact of climate change in the Sierra Nevada
The new study reveals just how dramatically climate change has impacted aquatic ecosystems in the Sierra Nevada. Scientists can use the data to anticipate...
Tissue abnormalities found in oysters years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Tissue abnormalities found in economically and ecologically important Eastern oysters along the Gulf Coast years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
After 10,000 years of inbreeding, endangered flightless parrots from New Zealand are in surprisingly...
Before humans made their way to New Zealand, the critically endangered flightless parrot known as the k?k?p? likely numbered in the hundreds of thousands....
Combining sunlight and wastewater nitrate to make the world’s No. 2 chemical
Engineers have created a solar-powered electrochemical reaction that not only uses wastewater to make ammonia -- the second most-produced chemical in the world --...
Forest edges in the tropics increase carbon emissions
Tropical rain forests are becoming fragmented at a higher rate than expected. By analyzing high-resolution satellite data, researchers were able to measure even the...
‘MRI’ scan reveals spectacular ice age landscapes beneath the North Sea
Spectacular ice age landscapes beneath the North Sea have been discovered using 3D seismic reflection technology. Similar to MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) the images...
Environmental conditions of early humans in Europe
The conditions under which early members of the genus Homo dispersed outside Africa were analysed on a broader scale, across Europe during the Early...
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