What impact does climate change have on global mangrove forests, which play a vital role in coastal ecosystems due to their ability to survive in hostile environments that most trees can’t survive? This is…
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Ocean Darkening: A Silent Driver of Marine Biodiversity Disruption
What processes are contributing to the global oceans reducing the depths where sunlight reaches, also called ocean darkening? This is what a recent study published in Global Change Biology hopes to address as…
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Solving the Moon’s Magnetic Mystery
A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) might have solved a decades-old mystery regarding how the Moon lost its magnetic field with a recent study published in Science…
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Why Glaciers Won’t Recover – Even If We Cool the Planet
Even if humanity manages to reverse climate change and cool the Earth back down to the 1.5°C target, glaciers around the world are already on a path to centuries of continued melting. New projections show that temporarily overshooting this…
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21% of the Ocean Is Losing Sunlight – What That Means for Marine Life
More than 20% of the global ocean has undergone significant darkening over the last two decades, dramatically reducing the depth of photic zones – the sunlit layers essential for most marine life. Driven by factors like nutrient runoff and…
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Why Are Coral Reefs Surrounded by Mysterious “Ghostly” Halos?
The study analyzes the spatial distribution patterns of “grazing halos” surrounding coral reefs. Around the world, coral reefs are often surrounded by noticeable bands of bare sand that appear clearly in satellite images, but the reason behind…
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Titan’s Atmosphere Behaves Like a Spinning Top
How can seasons on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, influence its atmosphere? This is what a recent study published in The Planetary Science Journal hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated how…
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Cleaning Complex Pollutants with Genetically Modified Microbes
The health of global oceans is under constant threat from harms like microplastics, oil spills, industrial pollution and wastewater. Studies have suggested that certain microorganisms might be harnessed to…
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“We’ve Barely Scratched the Surface”: Scientists Reveal Only 0.001% of the Deep Ocean Has Been Imaged
Only a tiny fraction of the deep ocean is explored, leaving 66% of Earth’s surface largely unseen. Researchers urge global, inclusive efforts to map and protect this vast and vital ecosystem. In a groundbreaking study published in Science…
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Revealing the Routes of the Vikings
Vikings did not use maps, sextants, or other devices to navigate. They likely remembered their routes with coastal landmarks that were linked to myths, as well as their own memories and experiences. An…
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