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  • New variety of kelp gives farmers' profits a boost
    A research team in Qingdao, Shandong province, said recently it had succeeded in using hybrid technology to develop a new variety of high-yielding kelp that can bring substantial profits to seaweed farmers.A research team in Qingdao, Shandong province, said recently it had succeeded in using hybrid technology to develop a new variety of high-yielding kelp that can bring substantial profits to seaweed farmers.
    　　Kelp - Saccharina japonica - is a large br...
    Sep 23, 2021
  • Liquid-infused Slippery Surface Performs Better than Superhydrophobic Surface towards Long-term Corrosion Resistance
    The intrinsic hydrophilicity, liquid adhesion, surface contamination, corrosion attack, and ice over phenomena of metallic materials greatly restrict their wide utilizations. The intrinsic hydrophilicity, liquid adhesion, surface contamination, corrosion attack, and ice over phenomena of metallic materials greatly restrict their wide utilizations.
    　　Given the unique interfacial phase contacts and water repellency propertie...
    Sep 10, 2021
  • Undersea lab installed, answers flow
    Scientists successfully installed an undersea laboratory on a recent mission designed to make it easier to carry out deep ocean scientific research.Scientists successfully installed an undersea laboratory on a recent mission designed to make it easier to carry out deep ocean scientific research.
    　　Research vessel Kexue cruises in the sea last month. CHINA DAILY
    　　Research vessel Kexue - "Scienc...
    Jul 22, 2021
  • Chinese researchers study deep-sea life by in-situ experiments
    Chinese marine scientists aboard a scientific research vessel carried out in-situ experiments in the deep ocean to reveal the adaptation mechanisms of deep-sea life to extreme environments. Chinese marine scientists aboard a scientific research vessel carried out in-situ experiments in the deep ocean to reveal the adaptation mechanisms of deep-sea life to extreme environments.
    　　The Chinese scientific research vessel Kexue, or Science, r...
    Jun 30, 2021
  • How Do Slow Anomalies Beneath Subducting Slabs Affect Giant Megathrust Earthquakes?
    Earthquakes and volcanoes in subduction zones may cause great human catastrophe. Previous studies on subduction zone structure and causal mechanisms of giant megathrust earthquakes (M ≥ 9.0) have mainly focused on aspects like subducting plates and pla...Earthquakes and volcanoes in subduction zones may cause great human catastrophe. Previous studies on subduction zone structure and causal mechanisms of giant megathrust earthquakes (M ≥ 9.0) have mainly focused on aspects like subducting plates and pla...
    Apr 27, 2021
  • China's deep water sediment sampling system completes sea trial
    A deep water sediment sampling system has completed a sea trial with a Chinese geophysical survey ship in the South China Sea, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- A deep water sediment sampling system has completed a sea trial with a Chinese geophysical survey ship in the South China Sea, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
    　　The sediment sampling system can operate at de...
    Apr 21, 2021
  • HKU partners with IOCAS to set up Joint Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences
    With the emerging of threats of climate change and human impacts on the marine environment, marine ecosystems across the globe are changing rapidly, leading to the urgent need for the conservation and restoration of these key systems. To build towards a...With the emerging of threats of climate change and human impacts on the marine environment, marine ecosystems across the globe are changing rapidly, leading to the urgent need for the conservation and restoration of these key systems. To build towards a...
    Dec 07, 2020
  • Antarctic krill take refuge from climate change
    New research shows that Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba), a key link in the Southern Ocean food web, have refuges from the rapid climatic warming and ice loss that has degraded part of its habitat. The study is published in the journal Limnology and ...22 September, 2020 https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/antarctic-krill-take-refuge-from-climate-change/
    　　New research shows that Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba), a key link in the Southern Ocean food web, have refuges from the rapid climatic warm...
    Sep 29, 2020