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Deep-sea viruses reveal hidden roles in climate and ocean healthScience

Deep-sea viruses reveal hidden roles in climate and ocean health

Tiny yet influential, deep-sea viruses play a pivotal role in shaping the global ocean environment and the Earth's biogeochemical cycles. These understudied microbes, concentrated in…
SourceSourceDecember 2, 2024 Full article
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Climate Science Digest: November 26, 2024NewsScience

Climate Science Digest: November 26, 2024

Global heatwave hotspots defy climate models The increasing severity and frequency of heatwaves worldwide have become a significant concern, with a recent study mapping global…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskNovember 27, 2024 Full article
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Mathematical model illuminates how environment impacts life choices of salmonScience

Mathematical model illuminates how environment impacts life choices of salmon

Tokyo Metropolitan University – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created a mathematical model that models how the evolutionary strategies of organisms are affected by…
SourceSourceNovember 4, 2024 Full article
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Baku Ocean Declaration in advance of UN Climate ConferenceNews

Baku Ocean Declaration in advance of UN Climate Conference

Partners of the Ocean Pavilion are calling on world leaders to make robust, long-term investments in ocean observations, research, and mapping to support efforts that…
SourceSourceOctober 29, 2024 Full article
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Microplastics detected in dolphin breathScience

Microplastics detected in dolphin breath

U.S. researchers have found microplastic particles in the breath of wild bottlenose dolphins, suggesting that inhalation could be a significant route of exposure to these…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreOctober 17, 2024 Full article
Coral reefs can survive climate change if carbon emissions are cutClimate

Coral reefs can survive climate change if carbon emissions are cut

A new study by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi's Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) suggests that curtailing carbon emissions could be key to helping…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreSeptember 25, 2024 Full article
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How oceans’ most abundant bacteria shape global nutrient cyclesScience

How oceans’ most abundant bacteria shape global nutrient cycles

If you could collect all the organisms from the ocean surface down to 200 meters, you would find that SAR11 bacteria, also known as Pelagibacterales,…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreSeptember 11, 2024 Full article
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Weathering the storm: the influence of rain on sea turtle hatchlingsClimate

Weathering the storm: the influence of rain on sea turtle hatchlings

Sea turtles, after laying their eggs and covering them with sand, leave their offspring to develop and hatch without any parental care. The odds of…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreAugust 29, 2024 Full article
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How the ocean twilight zone shapes marine life amid global warmingScience

How the ocean twilight zone shapes marine life amid global warming

Global warming's impact on marine ecosystems is a pressing issue, particularly its effects on phytoplankton, the microscopic organisms essential for maintaining marine food chains. While…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreAugust 26, 2024 Full article
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Long-distance relationship revealed in the seemingly random behavior of bowhead whalesScience

Long-distance relationship revealed in the seemingly random behavior of bowhead whales

By Hokkaido University, Aarhus University & Greenland Institute of Natural Resources Applying chaos theory to the movement of iconic arctic whales uncovered a 24-hour diving…
SourceSourceAugust 11, 2024 Full article
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Loss of oxygen in lakes and oceans a major threat to ecosystems, society, and planetClimateScience

Loss of oxygen in lakes and oceans a major threat to ecosystems, society, and planet

By Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Oxygen is a fundamental requirement of life, and the loss of oxygen in water, referred to as aquatic deoxygenation, is a…
SourceSourceJuly 15, 2024 Full article
UCF Biologist Continues Unraveling Mystery of Magnetic BacteriaScience

UCF Biologist Continues Unraveling Mystery of Magnetic Bacteria

UCF Biologist Robert Fitak recently created a refined database of magnetic bacteria and the animals they may reside in to further study how these bacteria…
SourceSourceJuly 10, 2024 Full article
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Coral reefs: battlegrounds for survival in a changing climateClimate

Coral reefs: battlegrounds for survival in a changing climate

By Harrison Tasoff | University of California - Santa Barbara Coral reefs, those vibrant underwater cities, stand on the precipice of collapse. While rising ocean…
SourceSourceJuly 9, 2024 Full article
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Offshore windfarms – A threat for electro-sensitive sharks?Climate

Offshore windfarms – A threat for electro-sensitive sharks?

By Society for Experimental Biology An ongoing research project into the impact of offshore windfarm electromagnetic fields on shark development reveals that the alternating electric…
SourceSourceJuly 5, 2024 Full article
Shark hatching success drops from 82% to 11% in climate change scenarioScience

Shark hatching success drops from 82% to 11% in climate change scenario

By Society for Experimental Biology New experimental research shows that the combined effects of ocean warming and acidification could lead to a catastrophic decrease in…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2024 Full article
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NYUAD researchers identify unique survival strategies adopted by fish in the world’s warmest watersScience

NYUAD researchers identify unique survival strategies adopted by fish in the world’s warmest waters

Some fish species in the Arabian Gulf’s coral reefs are more resilient to climate change than previously thought, challenging key assumptions of the “shrinking fishes…
SourceSourceJuly 1, 2024 Full article
Coastal Water Surface Can Accumulate Bacteria and AntibioticsNews

Coastal Water Surface Can Accumulate Bacteria and Antibiotics

By American Society for Microbiology Antibiotics in the uppermost water surface, known as the sea surface microlayer, can significantly affect the number of bacteria present…
SourceSourceJune 17, 2024 Full article