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A thermometer for the oceans

The oceans are the largest global heat reservoir. As a result of man-made global warming, the temperature in the global climate system increases; around 90% of…

Nutrient surplus causes the oceans to suffocate

What favoured the Devonian extinction about 300 million years ago? Based on rock samples, a team of scientists from Germany, Belgium, China and the USA…

Research trip to the mouth of the Amazon River: on the trail of the ocean’s material cycle

The Amazon River is almost 7,000 km long and is not only tremendously abundant but it also transports large quantities of trace metals such as iron and copper…

Does the ice sheet in East Antarctica shrink or grow under warming climate?

The Antarctic research season has begun 15 December, when researchers in the international research project MAGIC-DML returned to Dronning Maud Land in…

Lipid nanodiscs stabilize misfolding protein intermediates red-handed

The clumps caused by misfolded proteins, called plaques, are implicated in many diseases: plaque interferes with neuron function in the brains of people with…

NSF-funded researchers find that ice sheet is dynamic and has repeatedly grown and shrunk

The East Antarctic Ice Sheet locks away enough water to raise sea level an estimated 53 meters (174 feet), more than any other ice sheet on the planet. It's…

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