Category: Nature
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Fish Stocks Can Be Restored With Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management
Decades of overfishing, together with nutrient pollution, rapid increase in hypoxia, ocean warming and acidification have put fish and harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the western Baltic Sea at risk of collapse. But the commercially relevant stocks of cod (Gadus morhua), herring (Clupea harengus) and sprat (Sprattus sprattus) can be restored and prospects for marine…
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This Chemical Protects Fish from Extreme Pressure in Deep Oceans
A chemical called TMAO protects deep sea organisms from the crushing effects of extreme pressure. The deeper sea creatures live, the more inhospitable and extreme the environment they must cope with. In one of the deepest points in the Pacific – the Mariana Trench, 11 kilometers below the sea surface – the pressure is 1.1…
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Can Mistletoe Berries Be Turned into a Biological Super Glue?
The mistletoe berry has a sticky substance called viscin that may one day be processed into a biological super glue.
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Can We Get Novel Antibiotics from Plastic Ocean Pollution?
Bacteria in plastic ocean pollution can be a sources of novel antibiotics to fight future superbugs.
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Wind Farms Can Cast Wind Shadows, Affecting Other Wind Farms Downwind
Wind energy is a potential source of large amounts of carbon-emission-free energy.
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Marine Snow Definition, a Quick Explanation
Marine snow definition: As organisms like plankton and algae die, they fall as debris in the ocean and accumulate on the ocean floor. These debris falling down to the ocean floor looks like snow falling, and is thus called marine snow. Some facts about marine snow A huge amount of the ocean floor is covered…
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Fog Harp Up to 20 Times More Efficient Harvesting Water From Fog
A fog ‘harp’ with parallel vertical strings can collect up to twenty times more ambient water from fog than traditional fog nets. Fog nets made of different types of mesh are currently used to harvest water from fog in areas of the world where water is scarce. The new fog harp design with its superior…
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Young Monarch Butterflies Get Stressed Out From Human Handling
Young monarch butterflies can get stressed out by people handling them, according to a study. This is especially so for the early stages of the larva (caterpillar) and the pupa (chrysalis) of the butterfly life cycle. Researchers at the University of Georgia published this finding in March 16, 2020 edition of The Journal of the…
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Gardening Can Help Improve a Person’s Body Image
A study has found gardening can promote positive body image, including appreciation of one’s own body and one’s bodily imperfections. The study was published in the journal Ecopsychology by researchers at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in the U.K. Higher Positive Body Image The study involved 84 gardeners in north London. The gardeners were assigned 12…
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Light Pollution and Traffic Noise Can Impact Wildlife
Experts in ecology and physiology are collaborating to understanding how light and noise pollution affects wildlife. These researchers from around the world, including Utah State University, University of Glasgow and VU Amsterdam University are defining “sensory danger zones,” or areas where sensory pollutants influences animal activity. Their work was published in the journal Nature Ecology…