Secret life of sponges
Sponges are ancient marine animals, very common throughout the world's oceans and seem less affected by ocean warming and acidification.
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How some tissues can 'breathe' without oxygen
Humans need oxygen molecules for a process called cellular respiration, which takes place in our cells' mitochondria. Through a series of reactions called the electron transport chain, electrons are passed along in a sort ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 3, 2021
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Understanding how a crab's complex life cycle will respond to climate change
For many marine animals, like the Dungeness crab, seasonality and timing are components of complex life cycles, where disruptions can have serious implications for the population. Understanding how climate change will impact ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 8, 2021
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Ocean hypoxia off Pacific Northwest coast more troubling than ever
Rather than ocean oxygen levels improving as they usually do this time of year, hypoxia off the Pacific Northwest coast is as bad as it's been at any point in 2021, according to collaborative research by Oregon State University, ...
Environment
Sep 9, 2021
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Longest known continuous record of the Paleozoic discovered in Yukon wilderness
Hundreds of millions of years ago, in the middle of what would eventually become Canada's Yukon Territory, an ocean swirled with armored trilobites, clam-like brachiopods and soft, squishy creatures akin to slugs and squid.
Earth Sciences
Jul 9, 2021
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Elite freedivers have brain oxygen levels lower than seals
Elite freedivers who dive unaided in open sea, have brain oxygen levels even lower than seals during their deepest dives, new research at the University of St Andrews has found.
Plants & Animals
Jun 29, 2021
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NJ blames bacteria for dead fish in rivers, bays since fall
New Jersey environmental authorities are working to identify the bacteria that appears to be killing fish in several waterways.
Ecology
Apr 6, 2021
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Scientists: Climate-whipped winds pose Great Lakes hazards
Powerful gusts linked to global warming are damaging water quality and creating a hazard for fish in Lake Erie and perhaps elsewhere in the Great Lakes, according to researchers.
Environment
Mar 15, 2021
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Stressed-out young oysters may grow less meat on their shells
Early exposure to tough conditions—particularly warmer waters and nightly swings of low oxygen—could leave lasting scars on oysters' ability to grow meaty tissue. A team of biologists at the Smithsonian Environmental ...
Ecology
Mar 2, 2021
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Breakthrough material can protect satellites from ultraviolet radiation and atomic oxygen in low-Earth orbit
Atomic oxygen is created when O2 molecules break apart, a process made easier in space because of the abundance of ultraviolet radiation. According to NASA, 96 percent of low-Earth orbit's atmosphere is atomic oxygen, a reality ...
Materials Science
Feb 16, 2021
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