A South Dakota State University river ecologist who served on a national panel on Missouri River sediment issues that recently released its findings said that…
Coccolithophores are key members of the marine phytoplankton community. They are abundant in the sunlit upper layer of the world’s oceans, often forming vast…
As Earth's climate warms, species are expected to shift their geographical ranges away from the equator or to higher elevations. While scientists have…
Just as Habitat for Humanity crews help build houses for people who need shelter, Dee Boersma’s team in late September built 120 “condominiums” for penguins….
Princeton engineers have developed a sensor that may revolutionize how drugs and medical devices are tested for contamination, and in the process also help…
Rivers and streams supply the lifeblood to ecosystems across the globe, providing water for drinking and irrigation for humans as well as a wide array of life…
A significant bloom of the toxic algae Pseudo-nitzschia australis with its associated toxin, domoic acid, was detected and tracked by the array of instruments…
The vessels spent most of their time circling around a floating robotic DNA lab, which drifted southward in the California Current. This research, part of…
Tim Duda, of WHOI’s Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering Department, undertook a study in response to warnings that as the ocean becomes more acidic—due to…
And this liquid fecal matter, rich in nutrients, has a huge positive influence on the productivity of ocean fisheries, Roman and his colleague, James McCarthy…
Although the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, issued an advisory in July announcing above-average sea surface temperatures in the…
“You don't have to go out into the woods anymore,” says tick expert Brian F. Allan, PhD, who just completed a postdoctoral appointment at Washington University…
In a paper published by the international journal Conservation Biology, Dr Simon Black and Dr Jim Groombridge have proposed that an understanding and…
The animal in question is the rock hyrax, a common species in countries such as Namibia and Botswana. They look like large guinea pigs but are actually related…
“We have shown that some species of milkweed, the larva's food plants, can reduce parasite infection in the monarchs,” says Jaap de Roode, the evolutionary…
Most climate models have suggested that evapotranspiration, which is the movement of water from the land to the atmosphere, would increase with global warming….
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