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Study details impact of Deepwater Horizon oil on beach microbial communities

Once the lightest fractions of the oil had been consumed, the organisms that had been digesting those compounds declined, replaced by others able to chew up…

New ozone-destroying gases on the rise

In the new study, published today in Nature Geoscience, the scientists also report the atmospheric abundance of one of these 'very short-lived substances'…

Satellite images reveal ocean acidification from space

Pioneering techniques that use satellites to monitor ocean acidification are set to revolutionise the way that marine biologists and climate scientists study…

Monster hurricanes struck US Northeast during prehistoric periods of ocean warming

Intense hurricanes possibly more powerful than any storms New England has experienced in recorded history frequently pounded the region during the first…

Monster hurricanes hit northeast in past warm ocean periods like those in our future

Scientists today released evidence of historically unprecedented hurricane activity along the northeast coast of what would become the United States between…

NASA study shows global sea ice diminishing, despite Antarctic gains

“Even though Antarctic sea ice reached a new record maximum this past September, global sea ice is still decreasing,” said Claire Parkinson, author of the…

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