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A screenshot of a video taken from a deep-sea remotely operated vehicle shows white ash settled on the seafloor near the Hunga eruption in Tongan waters.
Posted inNews

The Tonga Eruption Left Deep-Sea Life Buried in Ash

by Andrew Chapman 11 July 202411 July 2024

When Hunga erupted in 2022, ash “decimated” slow-moving species living on the seafloor. More mobile species were able to hoof it out of harm’s way.

A lake surrounded by trees on a smoky day
Posted inNews

Wildfire Smoke Affects the Function of Lake Ecosystems

by Carolyn Wilke 27 June 202427 June 2024

Smoke-covered lakes see shifts in biological and energy processes that influence food webs, carbon storage, and more.

Rows of corn in an agricultural field stretch into the distance.
Posted inOpinions

How Soil Symbionts Could Unlock Climate-Smart Agriculture

by Uta Paszkowski 5 June 202426 August 2024

By tracing the evolutionary history of beneficial soil microbes, scientists hope to unearth a sustainable solution for producing food to feed a growing global population.

Posted inFeatures

هل يمكن لغمر الأعشاب البحرية أن يبرّد المناخ؟.

by Saima May Sidik 20 March 202420 March 2024

يمكن للأعشاب البحرية المغمورة أن تخزّن الكربون في قاع المحيط، ولكن يظل من غير الواضح مدى فاعلية هذه الاستراتيجية، وكيف ستؤثر على صحة المحيط.

Philippe Lebaron and Sabine Matallana-Surget position their experiments near Pensacola Beach, Fla.
Posted inNews

Ocean Pollution Makes Microbes Adapt

by Martin J. Kernan 18 March 202418 March 2024

Some bacteria thrive in the sometimes-toxic soup of crude oil and chemical dispersants.

Un iceberg flota en el océano cerca de Antártica.
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La acidez del océano antártico aumentará rápidamente a finales del siglo

by Nathaniel Scharping 11 March 202411 March 2024

Nuevos estudios muestran que los niveles de acidez podrían llegar a duplicarse para el 2100, poniendo en peligro los ecosistemas frágiles del gélido Océano Austral.

Posted inNews

التربة المكهربة تزيد نمو النباتات

by Saugat Bolakhe 8 March 20248 March 2024

خمسة أيام من الكهرباء المنخفضة الجهد الموجهة إلى جذور النباتات الناشئة عززت نموها بأكثر من 50 بالمئة.

A large plume of gray-brown smoke and ash covers most of the sky above the waterfront in Hobart Harbor, Tasmania, Australia.
Posted inScience Updates

The Open Ocean, Aerosols, and Every Other Breath You Take

by Rachel Shelley, Morgane M. G. Perron, Douglas S. Hamilton and Akinori Ito 1 March 20241 March 2024

Phytoplankton and other marine plants produce half of Earth’s atmospheric oxygen and have big effects on food webs and climate. To do so, they rely on nutrients from the sky that are hard to quantify.

An iceberg floats in the ocean near Antarctica.
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Antarctica’s Ocean Acidity Set to Rise Rapidly by Century’s End

by Nathaniel Scharping 9 February 202411 March 2024

New research shows acidity levels could as much as double by 2100, imperiling fragile ecosystems in the frigid Southern Ocean.

Un pulpo rojo flota en agua con putos blancos
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Los microplásticos son el ingrediente no tan secreto de la nieve marina

by Molly Herring 7 February 20247 February 2024

Partículas diminutas de plástico degradadas y cubiertas por biopelículas se hunden hasta el fondo marino llevando consigo carbono.

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