Race to find Brazil Amazon species before they disappear
In a remote part of the Brazilian Amazon, a scientific expedition is cataloguing species. Time is of the essence.
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Jul 13, 2022
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Climate change may be culprit in Antarctic fish disease outbreak
Climate change might be behind an unusual disease outbreak among Antarctic fish.
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Jun 29, 2022
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Citizen scientists from three continents help discover a new, giant slug from Europe
You might think that Europe is so well studied that no large animals remain undiscovered. Yet today, a new species of giant keelback slug from Montenegro was announced in the open-access Biodiversity Data Journal. The animal, ...
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Jun 22, 2022
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New microscopic organisms found in deep sea trench baffle Chile scientists
When Chilean scientist Osvaldo Ulloa led an expedition 8,000 meters under the sea to an area where no human had ever been, his team discovered microscopic organisms that generated more questions than answers.
Earth Sciences
Mar 18, 2022
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Researchers explore the factors that shaped the massive Cauca River canyon in the Tropical Andes
With steep walls and deep valleys, the Grand Canyon in the western United States or the massive gorges that saw through the margins of the Tibetan Plateau are some of the most awesome and spectacular landforms on the planet. ...
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Feb 23, 2022
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Environmental DNA sequencing will enable scientists to explore Amazon piscine diversity without catching fish
A scientific expedition in the Javari River basin on the border between Brazil, Colombia and Peru has shown use of environmental DNA sequencing to be feasible to investigate fish diversity in the Amazon. The eDNA method consists ...
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Nov 23, 2021
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Coral parents selected in hope of producing heat-tolerant babies
Marine scientists have returned from a research expedition to the far northern Great Barrier Reef with potentially tough, heat-resilient coral that may help corals adapt to warming oceans.
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Nov 16, 2021
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Survey of the world's reefs reveals the extent of the coral reef crisis
Today, after spending ten years assessing the state of coral reefs around the world, the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF) has released a comprehensive report of its findings from the Global Reef Expedition. ...
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Oct 7, 2021
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Two new pit vipers discovered from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Two new species of venomous snakes were just added to Asia's fauna—the Nujiang pit viper (Gloydius lipipengi) from Zayu, Tibet, and the Glacier pit viper (G. swild) found west of the Nujiang River and Heishui, Sichuan, ...
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Oct 7, 2021
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Scientists explore seamounts in Phoenix Islands Archipelago, gain insights into deep water diversity
Marine scientists aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute's research vessel Falkor have identified likely new marine species and deep sea organisms on nine seamounts that were explored for the first time in the remote Phoenix Islands ...
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Jul 9, 2021
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