Coastlines are among Earth's most dynamic environments. Tidal action, river sediment deposition, erosion, decomposition of organic matter, and more combine to create constantly evolving landscapes.
Earth Sciences
Oct 3, 2022
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In 1923, Te Rangi Hīroa (Sir Peter Buck) documented the last confirmed capture of a special fish—the upokororo or New Zealand grayling.
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 2, 2022
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Drought upriver has left the Mississippi River so low and slow that salt water is creeping farther than usual along the bottom toward New Orleans and threatening drinking water, the Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday.
Environment
Sep 29, 2022
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It was the river that is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilisation itself.
Environment
Sep 20, 2022
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Chemists at Umeå University within the MicroBioRefine consortium show that Nordic microalgae that are allowed to grow in salt water both purify this water efficiently and produce valuable compounds, so-called carotenoids. ...
Ecology
Sep 7, 2022
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A method to convert a commonly thrown-away plastic to a resin used in 3D-printing could allow for making better use of plastic waste.
Materials Science
Aug 31, 2022
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A team of Skoltech researchers has published a series of three papers dealing with various aspects of how salt from the ocean water and other salts penetrate into frozen soil that contains gas hydrates—icelike crystals ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 30, 2022
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A research team with lead author Helena Osterholz of the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW) reports in the latest issue of the journal Nature Communications on possible pathways by which microbial communities ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 23, 2022
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Coastal aquaculture has grown rapidly over the past few decades, and although ocean-based food supplies have increased, concerns about the environmental impacts of aquaculture have as well. For example, research has found ...
Ecology
Aug 9, 2022
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An international team of researchers has uncovered the reason that less lightning occurs over tropical oceans than over land. In their paper published in the journal Nature Communications, the group describes their multi-year ...
