A new freshwater arthropod, Maldybulakia saierensis sp. nov., has been discovered by Chinese researchers from the Silurion of the western Junggar, Northwest China. The discovery of this species pushes back the earliest appearance ...
Evolution
Apr 21, 2023
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Over the past 200 years, the ocean and atmosphere have been accumulating massive amounts of carbon dioxide as factories, automobiles, airplanes and more churn out the powerful greenhouse gas.
Environment
Apr 19, 2023
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Climate change, pollution and overfishing are just a few problems that need addressing to maintain a healthy blue planet. Everyone must get involved—but it's easy to feel overwhelmed and unsure where to start.
Environment
Apr 17, 2023
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Ancient fossils have shed new light on a type of sea worm linking it to the time of an evolutionary explosion that gave rise to modern animal life.
Evolution
Jan 31, 2023
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The Great Lakes have endured a lot the past century, from supersized algae blobs to invasive mussels and bloodsucking sea lamprey that nearly wiped out fish populations.
Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2022
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The fossil remains of algae continuously accumulate in marine sediments, and these can be used to reconstruct past oceanic conditions. Molecular fossils, called lipid biomarkers, are of particular importance for this. They ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 7, 2022
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Environmental disaster struck the shores of Peru on Jan. 15, 2022, when Spanish energy company Repsol spilled 12,000 barrels of crude oil into the Bay of Lima after its tanker ruptured. The spill endangered 180,000 birds ...
Environment
Nov 29, 2022
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For millions of years, the Steller's sea cow, a four-ton marine mammal and relative of the manatee, shaped kelp forests along the Pacific coast of North America by eating massive quantities of kelp fronds from the upper canopies, ...
Ecology
Nov 28, 2022
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Did the first ancestors of whales pick up where the mosasaurs left off 66 million years ago, after the extinction of all the large predatory marine reptiles?
Evolution
Sep 2, 2022
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Most people have collected shells at the beach. Some have even started a shell collection. But few people realise these shells are a unique genetic resource that scientists are only beginning to tap into.
Ecology
Aug 25, 2022
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