Oceanographers commonly calculate large scale surface ocean circulation from satellite sea level information using a concept called "geostrophy", which describes the relationship between oceanic surface flows and sea level ...
Earth Sciences
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Overabundant deer can spell trouble for people, including frequent car collisions and the spread of zoonotic diseases. But deer can also disrupt wildlife communities—such as forest songbirds—by eating away their habitat. ...
Ecology
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Karla Rivera-Cáceres, a University of Miami biology graduate student, plays a harmonious duet of singing wrens from a recording she captured out in the field during a recent trip to Costa Rica.
Plants & Animals
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NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has identified the farthest gamma-ray blazars, a type of galaxy whose intense emissions are powered by supersized black holes. Light from the most distant object began its journey to ...
Astronomy
Jan 30, 2017
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An international science team says NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has observed high-energy light from solar eruptions located on the far side of the sun, which should block direct light from these events. This apparent ...
Astronomy
Jan 30, 2017
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A University of Queensland-led study has highlighted the minute details of how the plant¹s immune system leads to its ability to resist disease.
Biotechnology
Jan 30, 2017
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Increasingly popular techniques that infer species boundaries in animals and plants solely by analyzing genetic differences are flawed and can lead to inflated diversity estimates, according to a new study from two University ...
Evolution
Jan 30, 2017
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Constant jostling for precious commodities—money, oil, high-speed Internet access, our morning coffee—shapes the world we live in.
Biochemistry
Jan 30, 2017
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A group of scientists are recommending giving the world's nature reserves a makeover to defend not only flora and fauna, but people, too.
Ecology
Jan 30, 2017
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Hypoxic dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico drive up the price of large shrimp relative to smaller sizes, causing economic ripples that can affect consumers, fishermen and seafood markets alike, a new Duke-led analysis reveals.
Ecology
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