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The usual suspects: A close-knit bacterial community cleans up blooming algae in the North Sea

Thousands and thousands of tiny algae inhabit every millilitre in the ocean. Their impact is massive: Together they produce as much oxygen and remove as much…

Supernova iron found on the moon

A dying star ends its life in a cataclysmic explosion, shooting the majority of the star's material, primarily new chemical elements created during the…

Six to ten million years ago: Ice-free summers at the North Pole

An international team of scientists led by the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have managed to open a new window…

Cold mountain streams offer climate refuge: Future holds hope for biodiversity

The paper resulted from collaborative research led by the U.S. Forest Service with partners including the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Ocean and…

2016 Arctic sea ice wintertime extent hits another record low

Every year, the cap of frozen seawater floating on top of the Arctic Ocean and its neighboring seas melts during the spring and summer and grows back in the…

Ocean acidification takes a toll on California's coastline at nighttime

When carbon dioxide emissions from cars or power plants are absorbed by the oceans, it changes seawater chemistry and makes it more acidic, a process called…

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