Ocean
How climatic changes influence the evolution of oceanic insects
Researchers from NUS and Scripps Oceanography uncovered how climatic changes influence the evolution of oceanic insects
Mercury in oceans? Rivers may be the largest source
The Amazon River, the Ganges, and the Yangtze topping the list.
Probiotic cocktail help corals boost to survive the heat
Probiotics to be helpful protagonists in boosting coral health.
A genetic library for mega-ecosystem in the Pacific Ocean
The research improves the value of environmental DNA for fisheries and conservation along the California Current.
Earth’s cryosphere shrank by about 87,000 square kilometers per year
This research is the first to make a global estimate of the surface area of the Earth covered by sea ice, snow cover, and frozen ground.
Study offers detailed insights into the chemistry of deep water layers on Neptune and Uranus
The findings provide clues to the composition of oceans on water-rich exoplanets outside our solar system.
Microplastics are more ubiquitous than science had known
Scientists find microplastics everywhere.
Remnants of the impact that formed the Moon may be buried deep within the Earth
They can be found in two continent-size layers of rock buried deep in Earth’s mantle.
New basalt type discovered beneath the Pacific ocean
The discovery suggests that ocean floor eruptions sourced in the Earth’s mantle were even hotter and more voluminous than previously thought.
Oceans will start emitting ozone-depleting CFCs, predicts study
As atmospheric concentrations of CFC-11 drop, the global ocean should become a source of the chemical by the middle of next century.
Our moon controls the release of methane in the Arctic Ocean, study
It is the first time this observation has been made in the Arctic Ocean.