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Earth Sciences May 11, 2026

Inland seas may face widespread heat waves by midcentury as warming accelerates

Under the lead of the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW), climate simulations were used to investigate how 19 inland seas, including the Baltic Sea, are responding to climate change. The researchers ...

Environment May 11, 2026

Wildfire smoke's hidden ozone threat may be adding thousands of US deaths each year

A study that assesses the effects of wildfires over two decades shows that wildfire smoke significantly raises ground-level ozone and contributes to excess deaths from wildfire smoke in the United States each year. The research, ...

Earth Sciences May 11, 2026

Antarctic sea ice defied global warming for decades—now, hidden ocean heat is breaking through

For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming. Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the seasonal growth and retreat of Antarctic sea ice—frozen seawater that expands around the continent ...

Plants & Animals May 11, 2026

How the Atlantic herring adapted to the brackish water of the Baltic Sea

When the Atlantic herring colonized the Baltic Sea thousands of years ago, it needed to adapt to the low salinity. Genes with a vital role in the functioning of sperm, eggs and embryos were crucial to this adaptation. A new ...

Earth Sciences May 11, 2026

Why ocean warming experiments may be making misleading predictions

Accurate experiments on how ocean warming affects marine life are vital to ensure we can best prepare for the future, protect our food sources, and help safeguard ocean ecosystems. But some of these experiments may miss how ...

Education May 11, 2026

Tips and tricks guide for writing and responding to peer reviews released

A new expert-informed guide to writing effective peer review responses has just been published in Conservation Physiology, following up on a widely-read guide to writing constructive peer reviews. Both editorials will form ...

Earth Sciences May 11, 2026

Earth's first continents may trace back to subduction 3.5 billion years ago

An international team of researchers' analysis of minerals from the Pilbara region of Western Australia has given new insight into how ancient continents on Earth formed as far back as 3.5 billion years ago. Professor Tony ...

Ecology May 11, 2026

Industrial fishing has been depleting midwater fish for decades, new study finds

A new study led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution finds that industrial-scale fishing has been removing substantial biomass from the ocean's "twilight zone" for decades, challenging the common assumption ...

Education May 11, 2026

The National Science Board purge, explained

Amid the many attention-grabbing headlines of 2026, there is a recent one that may have flown under the radar but shouldn't have. On April 24, the White House dismissed the entire 22-person board that oversees the National ...

Ecology May 11, 2026

War‑driven sea detours are reshaping shipping routes, putting whales off South Africa in sudden peril

Conflicts in the Middle East are increasing dangers for whales off South Africa by shifting sea traffic into their habitats and heightening the risks of collision, researchers told AFP.

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