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Scientists discover first multicellular life that doesn't need oxygen

(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxygen may not be the staple of modern complex life that scientists once thought. Until now, the only life forms known to live exclusively in anoxic conditions were viruses, bacteria and Archaea. ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 07, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (73) | comments 15 | with audio podcast report

Earth's massive extinction: The story gets worse

Scientists have uncovered a lot about the Earth's greatest extinction event that took place 250 million years ago when rapid climate change wiped out nearly all marine species and a majority of those on land. ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (25) | comments 36 | with audio podcast

Why are there so few fish in the Earth's oceans?

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Stony Brook University researcher has found that, contrary to popular belief, there are not plenty of fish in the sea.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (22) | comments 28 | with audio podcast

Great Barrier Reef under serious threat: report

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is in serious jeopardy as global warming and chemical runoff threaten to kill marine species and cause serious outbreaks of disease, a report warned Wednesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (15) | comments 1

Fukushima nuke pollution in sea 'was world's worst'

France's nuclear monitor said on Thursday that the amount of caesium 137 that leaked into the Pacific from the Fukushima disaster was the greatest single nuclear contamination of the sea ever seen.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 17

Taking the temperature of the ancient earth

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new technique has allowed scientists to pin down the timing of ancient glaciations, linking them more firmly to two bursts of extinction.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Oceans reveal further impacts of climate change, says UAB expert

The increasing acidity of the world's oceans - and that acidity's growing threat to marine species - are definitive proof that the atmospheric carbon dioxide that is causing climate change is also negatively ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 04, 2010 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (12) | comments 12

Scientists discover bioluminescent 'green bombers' from the deep sea

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the latest proof that the oceans continue to offer remarkable findings and much of their vastness remains to be explored, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 3

Harvesting of small fish species should be cut: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research on the fishing of small fish species near the bottom of their food chains suggests harvesting at levels previously thought to be sustainable could have devastating effects on ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

Death of coral reefs could devastate nations

(AP) -- Coral reefs are dying, and scientists and governments around the world are contemplating what will happen if they disappear altogether.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 25, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 3

Wind farm in North Sea has positive net impact on fauna

A North-Sea wind farm has hardly any negative effects on fauna. At most, a few bird species will avoid such a wind farm. It turns out that a wind farm also provides a new natural habitat for organisms living ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Depletion of the body snatchers: Bad news for marine environment

A recent study conducted for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has determined that 20 percent of hagfish species are at an elevated risk of extinction*. Scientists warn that this figure could be much ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 29, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Effects of climate change to further degrade fisheries resources: study

A new study led by University of British Columbia researchers reveals how the effect of climate change can further impact the economic viability of current fisheries practices.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 20, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Land and sea species differ in climate change response: study

(Phys.org) -- Marine and terrestrial species will likely differ in their responses to climate warming, new research by Simon Fraser University and Australia’s University of Tasmania has found.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 27, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Multiple species of seacows once coexisted: study

Sirenians, or seacows, are a group of marine mammals that include manatees and dugongs; today, only one species of seacow is found in each world region. Smithsonian scientists have discovered that this was ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 6 | with audio podcast