In a study published in the October 17 issue of the esteemed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), researchers at the Emery School of Medicine and the Harvard University propose a new possible explanation for why bioluminesence develops in the world's oceans. Sailors and others at sea r... |
19 October 2011
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Google removed a new set of apps from the official Android Market after security researchers found them to be infected with a new piece of malware.Dubbed Plankton, after the malicious Java file downloaded to the system, the trojan is capable of stealing browser history and bookmarks, as well as login credentials for ... |
13 June 2011
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According to a new scientific investigation, it would appear that unseasonal temperature variations brought on by the El Nino atmospheric pattern is have a tremendous effect on fish populations living in South Pacific coral reefs. The conclusion belongs to an international team of biologists, that spent more then fou... |
1 December 2010
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Over the past few years, researchers have been discussing a wide array of possibilities in terms on geoengineering. This type of approach may unfortunately be necessary due to the fact that the international political will necessary to take care of our planet within decent limits appears to be completely lacking. Wha... |
17 March 2010
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Some 65 million years ago, a large meteorite or asteroid is thought to have hit our planet, causing one of the five large-scale, global extinction events that experts know of. The Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) dying saw the destruction of dinosaurs and other land- and ocean-based animals, but also the whipping off of rou... |
1 March 2010
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Echinoderms, a group of animals that includes sea stars, sea urchins and sea lilies, are apparently more proficient at collecting and storing the dangerous greenhouse gas carbon dioxide than previously thought. A group of experts announces that it has just finished the first-ever study to look at the contribution tha... |
8 January 2010
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It's in the natural cycle of the North Atlantic Ocean to turn green every summer, when plankton blooms and becomes noticeable even from satellite. Made up of hundred of billions of small microorganisms and tiny crustaceans, it represents the basis of the marine ecosystem, and is indispensable to life in the ocea... |
5 August 2009
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Over the past few years, engineers and scientists from several universities and research institutions have argued that geoengineering – as in using artificial substances to change natural feats of the oceans, such as the production of plankton, and also to boost the water's ability to store carbon dioxide ... |
7 May 2009
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Marine biologists, studying the way plankton orients itself towards the light, discovered what is believed to be the first stage in the evolution of eyes as we know them. While eyes in the animal kingdom are very complex and benefit from an intricate network of neurons, ready to carry out their electrical signals, th... |
20 November 2008
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Researches spanning 18 years have proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that the marine wildlife occupying the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, several miles beneath the surface, is severely affected by changes in the atmosphere, such as the formation of tropical storms or the El Nino phenomenon. Scientific experiments showe... |
21 October 2008
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The tropical Atlantic Ocean could become a net carbon dioxide sink, say the results of a study which found that seasonal blooms of ocean plankton fertilized by the waters of the Amazon river absorb more carbon dioxide than previously estimated. The waters extending from the mouth of the Amazon into the Atlantic ocean... |
22 July 2008
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