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How hot did Earth get in the past? Team of scientists uncovers new information

However, clues are hidden in the fossil record. A new study by researchers from Syracuse and Yale universities provides a much clearer picture of the Earth's…

Antarctic krill help to fertilize Southern Ocean with iron

Reporting this month in the journal Limnology and Oceanography, an international team of researchers describe how Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba), once…

More than 1 in 10 chance of colder UK winters

Last year, the same group of researchers, from the University of Reading, linked colder winters in Europe to low solar activity and predicted that the Sun is…

Warming ocean layers will undermine polar ice sheets

The research, based on 19 state-of-the-art climate models, proposes a new mechanism by which global warming will accelerate the melting of the great ice sheets…

WHOI Study Sheds Light on Tunicate Evolution

Tunicates are a phylum of animals closely related to vertebrates, with a firm, rubbery outer covering called a tunic, from which the name derives.“Thaliaceans…

Specialized seeds can really float your boat

Scientists from the Biomimetics-Innovation-Centre have developed a new anti-fouling surface based on a seed from a species of palm tree. “These plants have…

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