Climate engineering may save coral reefs, study shows
Current coral bleaching in Fiji.
Credit: Professor Peter J Mumby, University of Queensland
Geoengineering of the climate may be the only way to save coral reefs...
Predicting coral reef futures under climate change
This is a macroalgae dominated reef in the Seychelles.
Credit: Nicholas Graham
Researchers examining the impact of climate change on coral reefs have found a way...
A super-algae to save our seas? Genetic engineering species to save corals
Coral bleaching is caused by changes in ocean temperatures which harm Symbiodinium, leading corals to lose their symbiotic Symbiodinium and subsequently starve to death.
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Abundance of certain elements in Earth dictate whether plate tectonics can happen
Of the more than 1,000 verified planets found by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, eight are less than twice Earth-size and in their stars' habitable...
Exoplanet shines with glowing water atmosphere
Researchers have found that a "hot Jupiter" exoplanet named WASP-121b (left) has a stratosphere hot enough to boil iron. The planet is as close...
Oral storytelling skills impact reading differently for African American boys and girls
A number of factors foster strong storytelling skills among young African-American preschoolers, which has implications for their development as readers.
Credit: Courtesy of UNC's Frank...
System of quadcopters that fly and drive suggest another approach to developing flying cars
One of the researchers' quadcopter drones with wheels is shown.
Credit: Brandon Araki/MIT CSAIL
Being able to both walk and take flight is typical in nature...
Methane bubbling off Svalbard is not a source of atmospheric greenhouse gas
Methane hydrate recovered from ocean sediments off Svalbard dissociates into water and methane gas under surface pressure and temperature conditions, allowing the methane released...
Methane-eating microbes may reduce release of gases as Antarctic ice sheets melt
The research team camped in these tents near the drill site in Antarctica.
Credit: Reed Scherer
Lurking in a lake half a mile beneath Antarctica's icy...
Smoking may contribute to suicide risk
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine found that suicide rates declined in states that implemented higher taxes on cigarettes and stricter policies to...
These trap-jaw spiders strike their prey with lightning speed
This photo shows a new Mecysmauchenius new species, female in the field. This species uses power-amplified high-speed predatory strikes.
Credit: H. Wood
Mecysmaucheniidae spiders, which live...
