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Ecology Apr 11, 2024

Why some of British Columbia's kelp forests are in more danger than others

Lush underwater forests formed by large brown seaweeds known as kelp are among the most abundant and productive coastal ecosystems in Canada.

Environment Apr 8, 2024

Why is Ghana so hot this year? An expert explains

Ghana's meteorological agency and the state's health service have issued warnings about a period of very high temperatures expected in the first half of 2024 around the country. Ghana's experience is part of a global phenomenon: ...

Environment Apr 3, 2024

Fierce earthquake rattles Taiwan, killing 9 and injuring more than 1,000

The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan Wednesday morning, killing nine people, stranding dozens at quarries and a national park, and sending some residents scrambling out the windows of damaged buildings.

Astronomy Mar 28, 2024

Faintest known star system orbiting the Milky Way discovered

A team of astronomers led by the University of Victoria and Yale University has detected an ancient star system traveling around our galaxy named Ursa Major III / UNIONS 1 (UMa3/U1)—the faintest and lowest-mass Milky Way ...

Space Exploration Mar 28, 2024

Small satellite launch advances comms experimentation, international collaboration

In the dark, early morning sky of March 21 over NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility on the Virginia coast, a Rocket Lab Electron rocket carried a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) manifest featuring three collaborative ...

Plants & Animals Mar 26, 2024

Severe hurricanes boost influx of juveniles and gene flow in a coral reef sponge

Named for its ropy-looking long branches, Aplysina cauliformis, a coral reef sponge, provides a critical 3D habitat for marine organisms and helps to stabilize the foundation of coral reefs. However, these upright-branching ...

Plants & Animals Mar 26, 2024

Coral research finds bleaching impedes reproduction and hinders recovery

Bleaching can suppress reproduction in a common coral species found in the Great Barrier Reef, hampering future reef replenishment, new research led by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and James Cook University ...

Plants & Animals Mar 25, 2024

The key to Florida beaches' hurricane recovery: The humble sea oat

From eye level, the wisps of green emerging from sand dunes up and down Pinellas County's barrier islands look sparse, stubby, almost tentative as they peek at the sun. Below the surface, though, they are spreading out, trapping ...

Planetary Sciences Mar 21, 2024

Astronomers confirm a new 'Trojan' asteroid that shares an orbit with Mars

Using observations made with the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) a study led from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) has confirmed that the asteroid 2023 FW14, discovered ...

Astronomy Mar 21, 2024

How a balloon-borne experiment can do the job of the Hubble space telescope

An astronomical telescope designed to complement the aging Hubble Space Telescope lifted off from New Zealand's south island on April 16 2023. But as a sphere the size of a football stadium rose silently and slowly over the ...

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