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An orange sponge growing on top of a brown coral.
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Oceans May Have Already Seen 1.7°C of Warming

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 5 February 202412 February 2024

The global warming clock started ticking decades earlier than current estimates assume, according to Caribbean sponges.

Researchers digging up a Qingjiang fossil on a bank of the Danshui River
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Scientists Discover Pristine Collection of Soft-Tissue Fossils

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 21 March 201930 January 2023

The fossils include jellyfish, box jellies, branched algae, and sponges, which are underrepresented in or missing from other deposits.

Cross section of a Monorhaphis chuni spicule showing its lamellae (rings).
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One of World’s Oldest Animals Records Ocean Climate Change

Mohi Kumar headshot by M. Kumar 27 February 201814 December 2022

Researchers probe millennia-old deep-ocean sponges for links between ocean nutrients and climate.

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Antarctic Sediment Plume Disrupts Deep-Water Community

by S. Kelleher 1 December 201514 December 2022

Increased sedimentation from a melting glacier inhibits filter feeders in an Antarctic fjord.

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