A new study shows that plant materials originating in Arctic sea ice are significantly incorporated into marine food webs that are used for subsistence in local communities of the greater Bering Strait region.
Environment
Apr 22, 2020
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Underwater robots are regularly used by the oil and gas industry to inspect and maintain offshore structures. The same machines could be adapted to gather extra scientific information, thus boosting environmental and resource ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 15, 2020
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Atomic bomb tests conducted during the Cold War have helped scientists for the first time correctly determine the age of whale sharks.
Plants & Animals
Apr 6, 2020
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Marine scientists have used the cover of darkness to expose how 'light pollution' is affecting creatures in the Arctic Ocean.
Plants & Animals
Mar 11, 2020
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Climate change is heating the oceans, which affects billions of marine microbes in ways scientists don't fully understand. In response, USC researchers have developed a model to forecast how these important organisms will ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 4, 2020
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Stunning 'gardens' of deep-sea corals have been discovered in the Bremer Canyon Marine Park by Australian and international scientists during an oceanographic expedition aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute's R/V Falkor.
Plants & Animals
Feb 28, 2020
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New Curtin University-led research has found that the smallest type of killer whale has 28 different complex calls, comprising a combination of burst-pulse sounds and whistles, which they use to communicate with family members ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 26, 2020
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In the last decade there has been rapid expansion in the area of ocean designated as a Marine Protected Area (MPA).
Ecology
Feb 25, 2020
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SpaceX will get $80.4 million from NASA to launch the agency's 2022 Earth science mission, known as PACE.
Space Exploration
Feb 7, 2020
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Microplastics are accumulating in Orkney's seagrass beds at much higher rates than in the areas surrounding them. Marine scientists from Heriot-Watt surveyed a 100m transect of a seagrass bed in Orkney and found microplastics ...
Environment
Feb 6, 2020
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