World leaders are currently updating the laws for international waters that apply to most of the world's ocean environment. This provides a unique opportunity, marine scientists argue this week, to introduce new techniques ...
Ecology
Jan 16, 2020
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Marine scientists in Plymouth have led a major study highlighting the effects of climate change on the plankton populations in UK seas.
Plants & Animals
Jan 15, 2020
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Scientists, politicians and people of Iceland recently placed a plaque mourning the loss of Okjokull glacier. Ok is no longer a living glacier because there has been insufficient ice build up over the years to expand its ...
Environment
Nov 25, 2019
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Scientists witnessing the destruction of the natural world must be supported and "allowed to cry", researchers say.
Social Sciences
Oct 10, 2019
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Marine scientists in Scotland have successfully trialled a new method for investigating the fertility of the European lobster, one of the country's most valuable catches.
Plants & Animals
Aug 16, 2019
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Why barnacles prefer elegant shoes and other mysteries perplexing forensic scientists.
Other
Jun 20, 2019
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Plants, animals and even microbes that live on coral reefs have evolved a rich variety of defense strategies to protect themselves from predators. Some have physical defenses like spines and camouflage. Others have specialized ...
Evolution
Jun 14, 2019
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Fluctuations in the orbital parameters of the Earth are considered to be the trigger for long-term climatic fluctuations such as ice ages. This includes the variation of the inclination angle of the Earth's axis with a cycle ...
Earth Sciences
May 22, 2019
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An Australian voyage retracing part of the historic first International Indian Ocean Expedition expects to reveal the effects of climate change on the physics, chemistry and biology of the waters of the south-east Indian ...
Earth Sciences
May 2, 2019
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Agricultural and marine scientists at the University of California have joined forces to combat one of the greatest sources of methane emissions in California: cow burps.
Environment
Apr 19, 2019
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