The water-filtering abilities of farmed kelp could help reduce marine pollution in coastal areas, according to a new University of Alaska Fairbanks-led study.
Ecology
Jan 19, 2023
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Marine fishes live in highly saline environments with ionic concentrations that are vastly different from their blood plasma. Seawater contains a variety of toxic ion species that can build up in the body if the fish does ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 13, 2022
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The term "microplastic" (MP) was coined in 2004, and marine plastics started attracting public attention. In particular, the progress of MP research since the Elmau Summit in 2015 has been remarkable.
Environment
Nov 17, 2022
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Genetic and genomic technologies have tremendous potential for protecting marine life, but are currently being underutilized, argue Madeleine van Oppen of the Australian Institute of Marine Science and the University of Melbourne ...
Ecology
Oct 17, 2022
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A research team led by Jiang Zhizhong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has found a honeycomb structure in localized regions at the top of the magnetite layer on ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 29, 2022
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Curtin scientists who analyzed seawater samples taken by Jon Sanders on his recent circumnavigation voyage have found microplastics present in the vast majority of samples, including those from very remote areas of the world's ...
Environment
May 26, 2022
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You may be familiar with direct air capture, or DAC, in which carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere in an effort to slow the effects of climate change. Now a scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley ...
Biochemistry
May 17, 2022
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Seawater samples taken from a surfboard have helped scientists understand microscopic life in the waves, new research shows.
Environment
Apr 7, 2022
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A research group led by Qin Wei from the Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a marine carbon dioxide (CO2) monitoring system based on electrochemical sensing for ...
Environment
Mar 28, 2022
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Seawater acidification is a major threat to both calcifying and non-calcifying marine organisms, mostly affecting the immune system and biomineralization or the acid-base regulatory system.
Plants & Animals
Jan 17, 2022
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