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Ecology Aug 1, 2024

Climate change may lead to shifts in vital Pacific Arctic fisheries

Marine fisheries are an essential source of protein for a large part of the world's population, as well as supporting around 390 million livelihoods and an industry worth approximately US$ 141 billion, according to the UN ...

Archaeology Aug 1, 2024

Medieval French diets discovered through isotope analysis reveal social and religious influences

Archaeologists working in the Languedoc region in southern France have used stable isotopes to reveal new insights into medieval dietary practices. The research, published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences by ...

Biochemistry Aug 1, 2024

A nose for earthy notes: Human odorant receptor for geosmin identified for the first time

Geosmin is a volatile compound of microbial origin with a distinct "earthy" to "musty" odor that can affect the quality of water and food. It is responsible for the typical odor that occurs when rain falls on dry soil. This ...

Evolution Aug 1, 2024

Krill provide insights into how marine species can adapt to warmer waters

Krill in northern waters show how key marine species can adapt genetically to cope with climate change. This discovery was made by researchers at Uppsala University in collaboration with an international research group. According ...

Environment Aug 1, 2024

California's State Water Project supplies could fall up to 23% within 20 years due to climate change

Climate change threatens to dramatically shrink the amount of water California can deliver over the next 20 years and could reduce supplies available from the State Water Project by up to 23%, according to new projections ...

Plants & Animals Aug 1, 2024

As fatal virus looms over bald eagles, NJ conservationists fight to keep the bird on the endangered species list

The New Jersey Conservation Foundation, a major environmental group working within the state, is pleading with wildlife officials not to remove bald eagles from the endangered species list as planned, saying a virus that's ...

Ecology Aug 1, 2024

Reclaimed by floods, wildlife returns to Romania's Danube Delta

Tour guide Eugen Grigorov steered his boat past half-underwater combine harvesters and last year's flooded crops in a part of Romania's Danube Delta reclaimed by the great river.

Ecology Jul 31, 2024

PFAS found in nearly all fish tested from four northern Illinois rivers

Scientists tested nine fish species from four northern Illinois rivers for contamination with per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances, synthetic chemicals found in numerous industrial and commercial products and known to be harmful ...

Space Exploration Jul 31, 2024

'The clock's already started': NASA counting down to most powerful human spaceflight ever

The launch clock isn't set yet, but the hardware is lined up for what would become the most powerful rocket to ever send humans into space during a moonbound trip the likes of which has not happened in more than 50 years.

Plants & Animals Jul 31, 2024

Who needs males? Female sharks make babies alone in Italy

Italian researchers have noted the first case of "virgin birth", or reproduction without fertilization, in an endangered shark species, a scientific journal reported this week.

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