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Ecology Aug 8, 2024

Sea of opportunity: Protecting mangroves, seagrass could boost Indonesia's new climate targets

Indonesia has signaled it could include blue carbon ecosystems—carbon-rich coastal and marine areas, like mangroves and seagrass—in its new climate targets. This shift follows years of relying heavily on the forestry ...

Plants & Animals Aug 8, 2024

A man on a mission to save California's abandoned ducks

A warehouse in Orange County had received a late order of balut, a Southeast Asian delicacy of fertilized duck eggs, but now the warehouse had a crisis on its hands: Hundreds of the eggs were hatching.

Plants & Animals Aug 8, 2024

How reef fish may use the moon's cycle to manipulate the sex of their offspring

For some fish, being born close to a new moon increases the chances they will develop as male, while female offspring are more likely when the moon is full, a new study has found.

Earth Sciences Aug 7, 2024

South Florida estuaries warming faster than Gulf of Mexico, global ocean, research shows

Sea surface temperatures are on the rise around the world, but the problem is pronounced in South Florida, according to a series of studies published by researchers at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science.

Environment Aug 7, 2024

'Miseries of the Balkhash': Fears for Kazakhstan's magical lake

Seen from the sky, with its turquoise waters stretching out into the desert expanses in the shape of a crescent, you can see why they call Lake Balkhash the "pearl of Kazakhstan".

Ecology Aug 7, 2024

Unraveling the mystery of Texas' cryptic freshwater blobs—expert discusses bryozoans

Despite what you may initially think, the gelatinous blobs occasionally found clinging to structures in ponds or reservoirs are not the nefarious, otherworldly creatures seen in classic science fiction or horror films.

Ecology Aug 7, 2024

Tahiti's rahui tradition has helped revive ecosystems—including near the Olympics surfing venue

During their days on Tahiti's turquoise ocean some years ago, fishers noticed their catches—and the fish inside—were getting smaller.

Ecology Aug 7, 2024

Community focused approaches to fisheries governance transform local perceptions

A new study from WCS reveals that community capacity-building interventions, even those with only indirect environmental links, significantly improved perceptions of fisheries management and conservation in coastal fishing ...

Environment Aug 7, 2024

Southern California's Salton Sea is now smelly all year long and making people's asthma worse: The culprit? Bacteria

The air quality is notoriously bad near the Salton Sea. As California's largest lake has continued to evaporate, it's become saltier and dustier, causing breathing problems for locals like Clark. Alongside the health problems ...

Plants & Animals Aug 6, 2024

Fishing disrupts squaretail grouper mating behavior, study finds

Populations of squaretail grouper face an uncertain future as new research shows fishing that targets their spawning sites is causing males to be repeatedly scared away from their territories during their short mating meetups.

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