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Scientists Find Evidence of Tsunamis on Indian Ocean Shores Long Before 2004

A team working on Phra Thong, a barrier island along the hard-hit west coast of Thailand, unearthed evidence of at least three previous major tsunamis in the…

World's Fish Catches are Being Wasted as Animal Feed

Lead author Dr. Jacqueline Alder, senior author Dr. Daniel Pauly, and colleagues urge that other foods be used to feed farmed animals so that these “forage…

Scientists warn that a long term strategy is needed for reducing greenhouse gas emissions

A group of scientists have, for the first time, combined the outcomes of proposals by the G8 countries and the UK Government’s Stern Review with the latest…

Inland ants often prefer salt over sugar, implying salt may be a limitation on their activity

Ants prefer salty snacks to sugary ones, at least in inland areas that tend to be salt-poor, according to a new study published this week in the journal…

Coral bleaching disturbs the structure of fish communities

This process is the cause of coral bleaching and is well known to scientists, but few large-scale studies have dealt with its effects on the structure of…

Similar survival rates for Pacific salmon in Fraser, Columbia Rivers raises new questions

This is the first study of its kind and is carried out by an international team of scientists that includes researchers from the University of British…

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