Groundwater experts from ANSTO and UNSW have led a collaboration of Australian and American researchers to analyze the composition of deep, very old groundwater and develop a new conceptual framework that describes the degradation ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2022
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If you were able to stand on the bottom of the seafloor and look up, you would see flakes of falling organic material and biological debris cascading down the water column like snowflakes in a phenomenon known as marine snow.
Environment
Jun 11, 2019
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James Cook University scientists say a more direct approach should be taken to conservation planning—with greater focus on the real impact of conservation actions and less attention paid to targets or actions that misrepresent ...
Ecology
Nov 24, 2022
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With the global population now well over seven billion people there are few remaining parts of the world relatively untouched by human activity. We assess the current state and future prospects of five final frontiers: rainforests, ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 12, 2013
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As a team of international astronauts splashes down for a 14-day training mission in FIU's Aquarius Reef Base, they will be advancing coral reef research at the same time.
Environment
Jul 21, 2015
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There was an increase in the number of unprovoked shark attacks worldwide and an uptick in fatalities in 2023 compared to the previous year. The University of Florida's International Shark Attack File (ISAF), a scientific ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 5, 2024
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Lif-E-Buoy takes advantage of the natural hydrokinetic energy of running water—abundantly available in most river-based urban centres—to generate clean energy for electric vehicles and infrastructure.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 10, 2018
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Life on land may have quieted down during the height of the pandemic, but far offshore the Atlantic Ocean was just as active as ever according to a new study from the University of New Hampshire. Researchers found that there ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 3, 2022
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In a scientific article recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), researchers from DTU Aqua, the University of Copenhagen and the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, have shown that the ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 9, 2015
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Physical barriers are an obvious barrier to gene flow and to diversity within species—when populations can't get to each other to mix, their genes can't mix either.
Plants & Animals
Apr 3, 2020
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