Warming stops tiny organisms working together, scientists discover
Hotter conditions prevent two tiny organisms working together for mutual benefit, new research shows.
Hotter conditions prevent two tiny organisms working together for mutual benefit, new research shows.
Ecology
Aug 1, 2024
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Last week, wildfires blazed across western Canada, turning the town of Jasper, located near Alberta's Jasper National Park, into ashes. The local government estimated that the fire damaged or destroyed up to half of the town's ...
Environment
Jul 29, 2024
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The world's freshwater systems are in a sort of a climate-change cocktail—rising temperatures, fluctuating levels of environmental acidity and shifting concentrations of dissolved nutrients that settle into the lakes, ponds ...
Environment
Feb 6, 2024
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Algae living within the soft tissue of coral supply much of the energy needed by their hosts, and some symbiotic algae help coral withstand warmer water better than others. In a recently published study led by the University ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 16, 2023
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A study conducted by researchers affiliated with the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil has concluded that particles of glitter can hinder the growth of organisms at the base of aquatic ecosystems, such as cyanobacteria ...
Ecology
Aug 22, 2023
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Colorado's lakes serve as a needed respite during sweltering summer days, but as climate warms, the state's lakes are becoming more susceptible to toxic blooms of algae.
Environment
Aug 2, 2023
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A Cornell researcher and her colleagues have solved one key piece of the molecular puzzle needed to dramatically improve plant productivity and increase carbon sequestration: They have successfully transferred key regions ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 25, 2023
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A new study shows that despite coral's natural adaptive capacity, even moderate global warming could see the destruction of our coral reefs.
Plants & Animals
Mar 23, 2023
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Scientists have detailed a lifestyle switch that occurs in marine bacteria, in which they change from coexisting with algae hosts in a mutually beneficial interaction to suddenly killing them. The results are published today ...
Ecology
Jan 24, 2023
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An exceptionally large coral—a structure made up of small marine animals and calcium carbonate—discovered in the Great Barrier Reef is described in Scientific Reports this week. It is the widest and sixth tallest coral ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 19, 2021
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