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    For what may be the first time , NOAA and partner scientists eavesdropped on the deepest part of the world ' s ocean and instead of finding a sea of silence , discovered a cacophony of sounds b...For what may be the first time, NOAA and partner scientists eavesdropped on the deepest part of the world's ocean and instead of finding a sea of silence, discovered a cacophony of sounds both ...
  • Research will help policymakers plan for sea level rise
    A new study by University of Georgia researchers could help protect more than 13 million American homes that will be threatened by rising sea levels by the end of the century.
      It is the fir...
  • Marine protected areas can benefit large sharks
    Researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science published new findings that suggest the expansion of protected areas into U.S. federal waters wou...
  • New York harbor's oyster beds once protected against severe storm and extreme wave damage
    A recent study of past disturbance of the oyster beds in New York Harbor led by geoscientist Jonathan Woodruff and his doctoral student Christine Brandon of the University of Massachusetts Amhe...
  • Zebrafish, humans have new biomedical friend in the spotted gar
    The genome of a slowly evolving fish, the spotted gar, is so much like both zebrafish and humans that it can be used as a bridge species that could open a pathway to important advancements in b...
  • Antibiotics use affects the abundance of resistant bacteria in soil
    The use of animal manure increases the soil content of antibiotic-resistant genes. However, this is not an irreversible situation.
      What does one of the world's longest-running field experim...
  • Even plant-supporting soil fungi affected by global warming, study finds
    On a cool, fog-shrouded mountain of Costa Rica, University of California, Irvine biologist Caitlin Looby is finding that warming temperatures are becoming an increasing problem for one of the m...
  • Potential Western Atlantic spawning area found for Atlantic bluefin tuna
    Scientists from NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) and the University of Massachusetts Boston have found evidence of Atlantic bluefin tuna spawning activity off the north...
  • Wastewater treatment plants significant source of microplastics in rivers
    Millions of tiny pieces of plastic are escaping wastewater treatment plant filters and winding up in rivers where they could potentially contaminate drinking water supplies and enter the food s...
  • Mathematical advance in describing waves
    One of the great joys in mathematics is the ability to use it to describe phenomena seen in the physical world, says University at Buffalo mathematician Gino Biondini.
      With UB postdoctoral ...