Scientists discover genes involved in immunity of sea fans to coral diseases
Like all of us, corals get sick. They respond to pathogens (disease-causing microbes) and recover or die. But unlike us, they can't call a doctor for treatment.
Like all of us, corals get sick. They respond to pathogens (disease-causing microbes) and recover or die. But unlike us, they can't call a doctor for treatment.
Environment
Jul 25, 2013
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Marine Antarctic animals closely associated with sea ice for food or breeding, such the humpback whale and emperor penguin, are most at risk from the predicted effects of climate change, finds a new study published in Frontiers ...
Ecology
Jan 17, 2019
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Researchers from the University of Florida and the Seattle Aquarium are exploring 100 meters underwater in the Pacific Northwest this summer to learn more about mysterious ghost sharks, one of the strangest beasts from the ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 21, 2023
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Deeper waters at remote Ashmore Reef off the Western Australian coast could be acting as a refuge for sea snake species not seen in shallow waters for more than a decade, new research led by the Australian Institute for Marine ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 5, 2022
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A sperm whale that was rescued and returned to sea after being stranded for four days in shallow waters off the coast of West Java in Indonesia has died, a rescuer said Monday.
Plants & Animals
Jul 30, 2012
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In the summer of 2020, Florida Museum researchers Tobias Grun and Michał Kowalewski dove into the shallow waters off the coast of the Florida Keys and scoured the ocean floor for sea urchins. Telltale tracks and dimples ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 7, 2022
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In a study published in the journal Science China Earth Sciences, researchers led by Dr. Mengyuan Wang (School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University) proposed a non-linear regression of UK'37–SST for samples collected ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 27, 2023
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Ecologists at the University of California, San Diego, offer a new explanation for an apparently abrupt switch in the kinds in of mammals found along the Malay Peninsula in southeast Asia - from mainland species to island ...
Ecology
Mar 6, 2009
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At night on any one of hundreds of coral reefs across the tropical Pacific, larval fish just below the sea surface are gambling on their chances of survival.
Plants & Animals
Feb 5, 2021
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One of the most severe marine heat waves on the planet is taking place in the shallow seas around the U.K. and Ireland. That's according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which has labeled ...
Environment
Jun 21, 2023
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