Madagascar, renowned for its unique wildlife and vanilla production, has a new claim to fame—the island nation is Africa's first and only source of caviar.
Other
Jul 3, 2019
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The global ocean represents the most important component of the Earth climate system. The oceans accumulate heat energy and transport heat from the tropics to higher latitudes, responding very slowly to changes in the atmosphere. ...
Earth Sciences
May 13, 2019
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Ocean heat hit a record high in 2018, the United Nations said Thursday, raising urgent new concerns about the threat global warming is posing to marine life.
Earth Sciences
Mar 28, 2019
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Climate change has taken a toll on many of the world's fisheries, and overfishing has magnified the problem, according to a Rutgers-led study in the journal Science today.
Ecology
Feb 28, 2019
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Strategies to identify and explore ocean worlds in our Solar System should focus on a range of targets, including confirmed and unconfirmed ocean worlds, according to a new paper by a team led by Planetary Science Institute ...
Space Exploration
Oct 23, 2018
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A team of theorists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has solved a long-standing puzzle in the nucleation of a high-pressure phase of ice known as ice VII, which is believed to exist near the core of "ocean ...
Condensed Matter
Oct 12, 2018
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For World Oceans Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite takes us over the Atlantic Ocean and the Republic of Cabo Verde.
Earth Sciences
Jun 8, 2018
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Henderson Island lies in the South Pacific, about halfway between New Zealand and Chile. As one of the best examples of a coral atoll, Henderson Island is a UN World Heritage site and one of the world's biggest marine reserves. ...
Environment
Apr 20, 2018
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A century after World War I ended, discarded munitions from that and other wars continue to make their way onto beaches around the country.
Ecology
Mar 30, 2018
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Officials at Ecuador's Galapagos National Park say they have collected 22 tonnes of garbage since January off the coasts of the pristine archipelago, some of it from as far away as Asia.
Ecology
Mar 18, 2018
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