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According to the fossil record, cetaceans — whales, dolphins and their relatives — evolved from four-legged land mammals that returned to the oceans beginning some 50 million years ago. Today, …
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By Sophie Coxon The island is washed into the water, clouding the blue sea green, shielding the reefs from the searing sunlight and settling in a blanket of soft murk …
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The benefit of Michigan’s 20 million acres of forests can be seen through a variety of lenses. Michigan forests play a key role in offsetting greenhouse gas emissions through carbon …
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A new technology detects trace amounts of oxygen in an environment where previously these life-supporting molecules were below the limit of detection. ANTOFAGASTA, Chile – Using a new technology called …
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By Rachel Knight, Texas A&M University School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences A team of researchers from Texas A&M University and beyond has made a surprising discovery about rising …
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By: Brittany Hook Collaborative paper documents extreme water conditions that led to fish die-offs In the spring of 2020, a historic red tide event occurred in waters off Southern California. …
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Study Finds That More Than Half of Global Branded Plastic Pollution Can be Tracked to Just 56 Companies A research paper published today in Science Advances reveals a direct correlation between …
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By Rachel PlunkettPhoto Banner Credit: Lewis Burnett In the vast open ocean, how does a large animal like a right whale find enough food to eat? Right whales eat copepods, …
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Photo Banner Credit: Nicolas Job According to a new analysis of the farmed shellfish market released this week by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Maine’s farmed shellfish industry is projected …
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Researchers are re-writing what we know about how grey reef sharks breathe and rest based on new observations from reefs in Seychelles. They hope that if we understand whether sharks sleep, …
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