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New tools to determine climate-adaptive coral reefs

New treatment can help corals survive a disease outbreak

A study conducted by researchers at Qatar University has developed a mixture of chlorine and cocoa butter that acts as an antiseptic to kill...

dust particles flying upward

Long-range dust transport enhances oceanic iron bioavailability

Oceanic life was found to be thriving thanks to Saharan dust blown from thousands of kilometers away.

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Whales’ contribution to the global carbon flux is too small

Whales not to be counted on as ‘climate savers’.

Determining dolphins' age using epigenetics

Determining dolphins’ age using epigenetics

Genetic markers tell us the age of dolphins.

A heat-map demonstrating where differences are most likely to occur in shell shape among gastropods exposed to raised CO2 levels (with red indicating a greater degree of change) CREDIT Ben Harvey

Sea snail shells dissolve in increasingly acidified oceans, study shows

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba, Japan, and the University of Plymouth, UK, assessed the impact of rising carbon dioxide levels on the large...

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