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How healthy is that microbe? New device can tell
A new portable tool can assess the health of microbes, screen for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and analyze algae that live in coral reefs, researchers report. As reported in Scientific Reports,...
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If nuclear war blocks the sun, ocean life is in trouble
A nuclear war that cooled Earth could worsen the impact of ocean acidification on corals, clams, oysters, and other marine life with shells or skeletons, according to a new study. “We found that the...
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Global map highlights fish genetic diversity hotspots
A new global distribution map for genetic diversity among freshwater and marine fish will help protect species around the world, scientists say. In a population of animals or plants, genetic diversity...
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Coral nurseries can shelter threatened species
Coral nurseries, which provide coral fragments for transplantation in barren areas, could also help in the conservation of threatened species, researchers report. This bit of good news came from the...
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Tropical nations aren’t ready for fish stocks to vanish
Countries in the tropics—especially Northwest African nations—are particularly vulnerable to the loss of fish stocks due to climate change, researchers report. Fish are on the move, and the world isn’t...
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Ocean giants had an edge in the deep past
Extinction was unexpectedly common among smaller sea creatures in the deep past, fossil research finds. The research, which appears in the journal Paleobiology, suggests evolutionary winners during...
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Pollution cuts can prevent coral bleaching when things get hot
Reducing nutrient pollution can help prevent coral from bleaching during moderate heatwaves, researchers report. The results offer new strategies for managing these highly threatened yet important...
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Aussie rocks show early Earth was a ‘water world’
The Earth of 3.2 billion years ago was a “water world” of submerged continents, according to new research. Researchers analyzed oxygen isotope data from ancient ocean crust now exposed on land in...
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Algorithm points to best way to deal with ocean plastic
Plastic containers that easily degrade in sea water would be a dream solution to the growing problem of ocean waste, but recycling and plastic alternatives may still be the best option, researchers...
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Warming seas threaten mid-Atlantic sea snails
Climate change could threaten the survival and development of the common whelk, a type of sea snail living in the mid-Atlantic region, researchers report. Fishers have harvested the common, or waved,...
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Acidic oceans mess with oysters passing on ‘memories’
Ocean acidification affects the ability of some oysters to pass down “memories” of environmental trauma to their offspring, a new study shows. As oceans absorb more carbon dioxide, they become...
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Soft coral survivors can’t replace stony coral decline
Soft corals in the US Virgin Islands have recovered from nearly back-to-back Category 5 hurricanes in 2017, but stony corals continue to decline, researchers report. The story of these apparently hardy...
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‘Sushi parasites’ have spiked 283-fold in 40 years
The abundance of a worm that can get into people who eat raw fish has dramatically increased in the last 40 years, researchers report. The 283-fold increase since the 1970s could have implications for...
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There’s life 2,600 feet below the Indian Ocean seafloor
Ocean cores show there’s life at 2,600 feet below the Indian Ocean seafloor. The discovery, which appears in Nature, could open new doors for finding life at other remote areas of the word. The team...
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Squid may use light-up organs to ‘talk’ in dark oceans
Squid may use visual communication to coordinate in the near darkness 0f the deep ocean, researchers report. In the frigid waters 1,500 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, hundreds of...
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Ship emissions can change the clouds
Emissions from ships can change the clouds near their routes, researchers report. The new research is the first to measure this phenomenon’s effect over years and at a regional scale. Satellite data...
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UN treaty could turn high seas ‘hotspots’ into parks
Researchers are using big data to identify biodiversity hotspots that could become the first generation of high seas marine protected areas. Often considered desolate, remote, unalterable places, the...
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Offshore oil platforms spew lots of methane
Offshore energy-producing platforms in United States waters off the Gulf of Mexico emit twice as much methane than previously thought, according to a new study. The findings of a first-of-its-kind...
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What can we learn from 2010’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill?
New research details what scientists have learned from studying the Deepwater Horizon oil spill since it happened in 2010. Ten years ago this month, a powerful explosion destroyed an oil rig in the...
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1 protein protects barnacles when things change
One protein is key for the survival of barnacles through environmental changes, researchers report. Brown University researchers confirmed that a central metabolic protein Mpi and the gene encoding the...
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