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05/15/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

Nurturing can CHANGE nature: How mothers nurture their children can influence the formation of NEW SPECIES

Researchers from the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside) have shown that the way animal mothers nurture their offspring can influence how they develop, and can even influence how fast a new species develops. The study, which was published in the journal Nature Communications, studies more than 170 species from the Poeciliidae family of freshwater fish, the most famous of which […]

05/14/2020 / By Janine Acero

Australian researchers use “green and cost-efficient” microscopic nanosprings to break down microplastic pollution

Plastic waste has unfortunately become ubiquitous in oceans and rivers today, posing a serious environmental hazard to marine creatures, ecosystems and people. In a bid to mitigate the ever-growing pollution of the world’s oceans, researchers from Australia have developed a way to clean water sources of microplastics without harming the microorganisms that live in them. Using […]

05/02/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

Researchers are working on turning plastic into fuel that could power homes

With nearly 80 percent of the world’s plastic waste ending up on landfills, all this plastic pollution needs to be reused quickly, or it may clog up the world’s oceans — potentially killing millions of animals, and seep into the air and the soil, threatening the health of groundwater and food crops. Researchers are proposing […]

04/17/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

A different kind of Jaws: Scientists discover a tiny new species of shark that glows in the dark

Scientists have discovered a new species of shark lurking off the Gulf of Mexico. However, this isn’t a terrifyingly large shark that can eat humans whole. This shark is small and can glow in the dark. The new shark, known as the American pocket shark (Mollisquama mississippiensis), is only the second species of pocket shark […]

03/01/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

Researchers discover huge freshwater pocket off the East Coast, beneath the sea coast

Off the northeastern coast of the United States, researchers have found a gigantic freshwater aquifer hiding underneath the Atlantic ocean. An aquifer is an underground layer of water. This particular aquifer’s exact size is still unclear, but the researchers believe it has the potential to be the largest known aquifer to date. For comparison, the largest currently known […]

02/28/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Large reservoirs of “fire ice” beneath the ocean can potentially trigger devastating disasters if released

Locked deep beneath our oceans, according to scientists, are deposits of frozen methane. Dubbed “fire ice,” these deposits, once released, can trigger large-scale natural catastrophes such as tsunamis and landslides – and scientists and experts currently have no idea how much of these fire ice deposits exist. According to Ann Cook, an associate professor in […]

02/16/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

Scientists uncover link between low tide and earthquakes

Many scientific investigations have been conducted to figure out if there is a connection between the tide and earthquakes. For decades, scientists have failed to understand exactly why there is an uptick in earthquake tremors during low tide. A new study, published in the journal Nature Communications, has finally figured out the mysterious link between the two. […]

02/09/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

Scientists explore Atlantis Massif in the Atlantic Ocean to find out how creatures survive on alien water worlds

Deep in the middle of the Northern Atlantic Ocean lies an underwater mountain that, at its highest, rises to be nearly 2,300 feet below the surface. This mountain, known as the Atlantis Massif, after the fabled city that sunk into the ocean, is filled with underwater chimneys that spew minerals and hot water into the ocean. This […]

02/01/2020 / By Michael Alexander

A dead supercontinent is partly responsible for the ocean sinking into the Earth’s mantle, explain researchers

Every day, hundreds of millions of gallons of water drain from the oceans into the Earth’s mantle, and geologists think that a dead supercontinent may be to blame. Dubbed the “deep water cycle” or the “geologic water cycle,” this phenomenon occurs when water gets soaked up by minerals within the earth’s mantle through a process called subduction. As the […]

01/25/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

Study suggests Europa, Jupiter’s Moon, contains table salt in its oceans just like the oceans on Earth

A study published in the journal Science Advances believes that subterranean oceans lurking underneath the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa may have a similar salt composition to oceans on Earth after the Hubble Space Telescope spotted sodium chloride, or salt, on the surface of the icy moon. Scientists now believe that other similarities may be discovered between the oceans of the two worlds. Four different […]

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