Residents of Miami-Dade County appreciate Biscayne Bay for its ecological, cultural, recreational and economic offerings, but they see the estuary as "moderately healthy"—despite a significant decline in water quality and ...
Ecology
Jan 17, 2024
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A team of scientists from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has found both potential threats and promising resources in the thriving colonies of bacteria and fungi on plastic trash washed up ...
Ecology
Nov 27, 2023
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The seagrass beds and coral reefs surrounding the Japanese sub-tropical islands of Okinawa are some of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. Home to more than 360 species of coral alone, these beautiful yet fragile ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 24, 2023
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The wetsuit-clad team of University of Virginia explorers waded into the salty shallows of the largest restored seagrass meadow in the world, located off the Eastern Shore of Virginia, near Chesapeake Bay.
Environment
Oct 6, 2023
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Marine heat waves are becoming more frequent under global warming and this is having a significant impact on species' ability to recover.
Ecology
Aug 23, 2023
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Cholesterol and phytosterol are sterols, fatty compounds essential for many biological processes such as the functioning of cell membranes. Up to now, it has been assumed that phytosterols are characteristic for plants, and ...
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2023
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A potential treatment for Florida's devastating red tides has taken another step toward widespread deployment after successful testing in Sarasota Bay.
Ecology
Mar 15, 2023
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When the state's wildlife department flung the first handful of lettuce to a starving manatee in the Indian River a year ago, it was an act of desperation driven by a catastrophic die-off and violating an environmental golden ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 3, 2023
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Existing ways of calculating biodiversity dynamics are not very effective in detecting wholesale species community change due to the effects of ocean acidification.
Ecology
Sep 29, 2022
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A small team of researchers from China, the U.K. and Greece reports that dugongs are likely functionally extinct in China. In their paper published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, the group describes interviewing ...
