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Plants put limit on ice ages

This has been a puzzle to climate scientists because leading models have indicated that over the past 24 million years geological conditions should have caused…

University of Miami-led Team to Study Climatically Important Agulhas Current Using $3.4 Million NSF Grant

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that it is funding a study with the goal of building a multi-decadal time series of Agulhas Current volume…

Co-operating Underwater Robots Rapidly Identify and Communicate Potential Threats in Murky Waters

Novel underwater laser networking and imaging technologies being developed by scientists at the Ocean Visibility and Optics Laboratory at Harbor Branch…

Corals stay close to home

Rapid climate change, and increased pollution, ocean acidification and overfishing threaten to darken this picture considerably. These factors heavily stress…

A thirst for blood sparks toxic algal blooms

“The behaviour of the algae can be compared to that of blood-sucking insects”, says Per Jonsson of the Department of Marine Ecology.The blooming of toxic algae…

Sightseeing helicopter crashes in Hawaii decrease following FAA regulations

An emergency rule intended to reduce the number of deaths and injuries associated with Hawaiian air tours was followed by a 47 percent reduction in sightseeing…

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