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Global coral reef assessment built on NASA images

A team of international researchers using NASA satellite images compiled an updated inventory of all “marine protected areas” containing coral reefs and…

Slippery stretching explains ocean floor formation

Most new ocean floor is made when undersea volcanic activity splits the crust and molten rock fills the gaps. However some new ocean floor develops when rock…

UF scientists discover evolutionary origin of fins, limbs

Performance on the dance floor may not always show it, but people are rarely born with two left feet. We have genes that instruct our arms and legs to grow in…

2020 – An aquaculture odyssey

The sky is granite-grey. The rain blows across the surface of the sea in wild gusts and the waves become higher and higher by the minute. We are in the middle…

New ferry survey launched to monitor endangered whales and dolphins in the English Channel

Marinelife, has been monitoring whales and dolphins in the English Channel continuously for the last 12 years. The surveys, which have chiefly been conducted…

Rice scientists unveil 'nanoegg'

Researchers at Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) have unveiled the “nanoegg,” the latest addition to their family ultrasmall,…

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