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Coral Reefs Exude Myriad Chemicals, Fueling Dynamic Microbial Recycling of Nutrients

New research revealed the remarkable chemical diversity of substances exuded by coral reefs and demonstrated that thousands of different chemicals derived from tropical corals and seaweeds are available for microbes to decompose and utilize. 

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Your Skin Is Breathing. This New Wearable Device Can Measure It.

First wearable device to gauge health by sensing gases coming from, going into skin.

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Nanoplastics in Soil: How Soil Type and pH Influence Mobility

Nanoplastics are an increasing threat to the ecosystem; however, their mobility in the soil is still underexplored. 

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Blue Carbon Project Will Create a Living Shoreline to Protect Coastal Ecosystems in Galveston Bay

Rice University, BCarbon and Scenic Galveston have launched an innovative project to protect the Kohfeldt Marsh near Texas City from sea level rise through the design and creation of a living shoreline.

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Global EV Adoption Fails to Cut CO₂ - Study

There's little point in buying an electric vehicle if you're charging it with electricity generated by fossil fuels.

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Caspian Sea Decline Threatens Endangered Seals and Coastal Communities

Urgent action is needed to protect endangered species, human health and industry from the impacts of the Caspian Sea shrinking, research led by the University of Leeds has found.

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Healthy Forests Require Combined Deer and Invasive Shrub Control

“Control of only invasive shrubs will reduce native cover and not improve tree regeneration,” says David Gorchov, Ph.D., and Miami University (Ohio) biology professor.

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Tree Rings Track Atmospheric Mercury Cheaply

Wild fig tree rings offer a cheap method for tracking toxic atmospheric mercury, a byproduct of gold mining in the Global South, according to a study conducted in the Peruvian Amazon and published April 8 in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science.

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HKU Ecologists Lead International Effort to Understand Declining Insect Biodiversity in the Tropics

A team of ecologists from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) are leading an international initiative to investigate the decline of insect populations in the world’s tropical forests. 

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World’s Largest Study Reveals the Long-Term Health Impacts of Flooding

The world’s largest and most comprehensive study of the long-term health impacts of flooding – via analysis of over 300 million hospitalisations records in eight countries prone to flooding events, including Australia – has found an increased risk of 26 per cent of all diseases serious enough to require hospitalisation. 

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