How a Microbial Evolutionary Accident Changed…
A dense rainforest or other verdant terrestrial vegetation may be what first comes to mind at the mention of…
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The Snow Crab Vanishes
“If we’ve lost the ice, we’ve lost the 2-degree water,” Michael Litzow, shellfish assessment program manager with…
The Atlantification of the Arctic Ocean Is…
This story originally appeared in Hakai Magazine and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.In the Fram Strait…
Bring Back the Seabirds, Save the Climate
This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Seabirds…
The Mystery of Fish Deaths in a Foul Chartreuse…
This story originally appeared on Hakai and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Dead fish were everywhere,…
An Ominous Heating Event Is Unfolding in the…
Illustration: MBARIThe dark red areas on the map above show that the Pacific waters off of South America are…
To Fight Coastal Erosion, Design a Bespoke…
It started in the Caribbean Sea. Jaime Ascencio, then a business development engineer working across Latin America,…
The Mining Industry’s Next Frontier Is Deep,…
The nodules have been growing, in utter blackness and near-total silence, for millions of years. Each one started…
Robots Enter the Race to Save Dying Coral Reefs
Taryn Foster believes Australia’s dying coral reefs can still be rescued—if she can speed up efforts to save them.…
The Tonga Eruption Is Still Revealing New…
It’s clear that Hunga involved an unusually explosive recipe that may not be easily replicated. For about a month,…