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Climate change could transform key bacterial interactions in the ocean by 2100

Nov 01, 2017 (UPI)

During lab tests at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, scientists found rising CO2 levels can breakup the partnership between a pair of com...

Mass seal deaths in Russia's Lake Baikal

Oct 31, 2017 (AFP)

The Baikal seal is the smallest in the world, and exactly how and when the species colonised the ancient Siberian lake is still a mystery. "There were about 130...

The oceans were colder than we thought

Oct 31, 2017 (SPX)

These are the conclusions of a study conducted by a team of French researchers from the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Sorbonne Universi...

Scavenging to survive below the seafloor

Oct 31, 2017 (SPX)

The sediments that underlie the world's oceans harbor a diverse array of microbial communities. Many of the organisms in this cold, anoxic environment depend fo...

Lockheed Martin to design US Navy's Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV), Orca

Oct 31, 2017 (SPX)

XLUUV Orca is a two phase competition, including the currently awarded design phase and a competitive production phase for up to nine vehicles to meet increasin...

Devices assembled from 2D materials separate different salts in seawater

Oct 31, 2017 (SPX)

Researchers at the National Graphene Institute (NGI) at The University of Manchester have succeeded in fabricating tiny slits in a new membrane that are just se...

Chile battling to save a favorite clam

Oct 30, 2017 (AFP)

From humble seaside taverns to exclusive Santiago restaurants, machas have long been a mainstay of the menu in seafood-loving Chile. Found in the surf-swept san...

Paleogenomic analysis sheds light on Easter Island mysteries

Oct 26, 2017 (SPX)

New paleogenomic research conducted by an international team led by UC Santa Cruz sheds light on those questions by ruling out the likelihood that inhabitants o...

Underwater sound waves help scientists locate ocean impacts

Oct 26, 2017 (SPX)

The method, developed by researchers from Cardiff University, uses underwater microphones, also known as hydrophones, to listen for underwater sound waves that ...

Marine snowfall at the equator

Oct 26, 2017 (SPX)

Especially the smallest creatures, tiny planktonic organisms, take up carbon near the surface, process it, build up their bodies with it or excrete it. The carb...

Scientists warn that saline lakes in dire situation worldwide

Oct 26, 2017 (SPX)

Saline lakes are critically important for wildlife, industry, and human health. They provide habitat for migrating birds, minerals for extractive industries, an...

Fossil coral reefs show sea level rose in bursts during last warming

Oct 26, 2017 (SPX)

"What these fossil reefs show is that the last time Earth warmed like it is today, sea level did not rise steadily," said Rice marine geologist Andre Droxler, a...

Nanoparticles remove cadmium toxicity from a freshwater system

Oct 26, 2017 (SPX)

In a recent experiment, a team of scientists from UC Santa Barbara tested the effect of sulfurized nano-zero-valent iron (FeSSi) on a common freshwater alga (Ch...

Among 'green' energy, hydropower is the most dangerous

Oct 26, 2017 (SPX)

"We know that burning fossil fuels is damaging the environment and warming the climate," said Dr. Luke Gibson, Honorary Assistant Professor of the School of Bio...

Sea-level rise, not stronger storm surge, will cause future NYC flooding.

Oct 26, 2017 (SPX)

"If we cause large sea-level rise, that dominates future risks, but if we could prevent sea-level rise and just have the storm surge to worry about, our project...

Taste, not appearance, drives corals to eat plastics

Oct 26, 2017 (SPX)

But a new Duke University study of plastic ingestion by corals suggests there may be an additional reason for the potentially harmful behavior. Visual cues, suc...

Cool roofs have water saving benefits too

Oct 23, 2017 (SPX)

Now a new study by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has found that cool roofs can also save water by reducing how...

Ancient Turkish town prepares to vanish under floodwaters

Oct 20, 2017 (AFP)

The Tigris River languidly flows through the historic centre of the town in southeast Turkey's Batman province, souvenir sellers offer their wares to a handful ...

Impact of Amazonian hydropower is 'significantly underestimated,'

Oct 20, 2017 (SPX)

The study suggests that estimates of biodiversity and carbon losses associated with tropical hydropower may be higher than estimated as they fail to consider th...

Hardy corals make their moves to build new reefs from scratch

Oct 20, 2017 (SPX)

Scientists have discovered that these tough, mobile corals can create their own stable habitats, which act as a base upon which other species can attach and bui...