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Scientists identify 2022 sea urchin killer
The mass die-off of the long-spined sea urchin – a loss that threatens the health of coral reefs from the Caribbean to Florida’s east coast — was caused by a…
Not such small things: Microplastics in our streams
$1 million enables deep dive into LA County waterways. UC Riverside scientists are taking a modern approach to studying a murky subject — the quantity, quality, and sources of microplastics…
Less Ice, Fewer Calling Seals
For several years, a team of researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute used underwater microphones to listen for seals at the edge of the Antarctic. Their initial findings, just released…
How microbes make ‘nanowires’ to exhale electrons
The rising temperatures threatening life on our planet are caused in part by microbes that produce 50% of atmospheric methane, a gas 30 times more potent than CO2 at trapping…
New system for turning seawater into hydrogen fuel
Seawater’s mix of hydrogen, oxygen, sodium, and other elements makes it vital to life on Earth. But that same complex chemistry has made it difficult to extract hydrogen gas for…
Beneath the Earth, ancient ocean floor likely surrounds the core
Through global-scale seismic imaging of Earth’s interior, research led by The University of Alabama revealed a layer between the core and the mantle that is likely a dense, yet thin,…