In "considerable pain," a determined humpback whale tracked by researchers for more than a decade, recently finished swimming more than 3,000 miles from Canada to Hawaii—all with a broken spine.
Plants & Animals
Dec 13, 2022
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Researchers found there is no need for policymakers to choose between protecting nature's benefits to people or protecting animal species. Their analysis shows that prioritizing nature's benefits to people simultaneously ...
Ecology
Nov 28, 2022
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A dead zone in the ocean is as bad as it sounds, and having no information about dead zones' scope and path is worse. However, scientists at Michigan State University (MSU) have discovered a birds-eye method to predict where, ...
Planetary Sciences
Nov 21, 2022
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An Australasian university collaboration has shed new light on marine heatwaves in New Zealand's coastal waters, utilizing the two longest running daily in situ ocean temperature records in the Southern Hemisphere.
Earth Sciences
Nov 4, 2022
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Life on land may have quieted down during the height of the pandemic, but far offshore the Atlantic Ocean was just as active as ever according to a new study from the University of New Hampshire. Researchers found that there ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 3, 2022
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Wildfires, drought, extreme heat and other effects of climate change are rapidly accelerating and compounding in California, according to a report from state scientists.
Earth Sciences
Nov 2, 2022
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The northern part of Central America was on high alert Wednesday for the passage of Hurricane Lisa, with warnings of devastating winds, downpours and flash floods also affecting Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.
Environment
Nov 2, 2022
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A federal effort to expand safety measures to protect endangered right whales from boat collisions in the Atlantic Ocean is receiving a big thumbs down from the maritime industry.
Environment
Oct 31, 2022
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A Griffith-led study has reported that tropical oyster reefs have a far greater diversity of reef-building oyster species than those in temperate waters.
Plants & Animals
Oct 31, 2022
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Australians along the east cost are bracing for yet another round of heavy rainfall this weekend, after a band of stormy weather soaked most of the continent this week.
Earth Sciences
Oct 7, 2022
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