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Thermohaline Circulation – Currents: NOAA’s National Ocean Service Education
Thermohaline circulation begins in the Earth’s polar regions. When ocean water in these areas gets very cold, sea ice forms. The surrounding seawater gets saltier, increases in density and sinks. Winds drive ocean currents in the upper 100 meters of the ocean’s surface. However, ocean currents also flow thousands of meters below the surface. These …
Hundreds of “Hidden” New Mammal Species Waiting To Be Found
Elephant shew. Research suggests where these species may be “hidden.” At least hundreds of so-far unidentified species of mammals are hiding in plain sight around the world, a new study suggests. Researchers found that most of these hidden mammals are small bodied, many of them bats, rodents, shrews, and moles. These unknown mammals are hidden …
Researchers test facial recognition technology on Asian carp in battle to stop invasive species
CHICAGO — There may come a day on the Illinois River when a fish swims up a chute, slides through a scanner, and, after being recognized as a feared silver carp, is sorted and removed, eventually ending up in a carp burger on your dinner plate. Keeping invasive carp out of the Great Lakes has …
SLAS Technology April issue dives into reactive oxygen species
Oak Brook, IL – The April edition of SLAS Technology features the cover article “Therapeutic Potential of Reactive Oxygen Species: State of the Art and Recent Advances” by Valeria Graceffa, Ph.D. (Institute of Technology Sligo, Sligo, Ireland). The cover article explores the therapeutic potential of reactive oxygen species (ROS) including applications ranging from wound healing …
Microbes Unknown to Science Discovered on The International Space Station
The menagerie of bacterial and fungal species living among us is ever growing – and this is no exception in low-gravity environments, such as the International Space Station (ISS). Researchers from the United States and India working with NASA have now discovered four strains of bacteria living in different places in the ISS – …
12,000 New Species of Microbes Discovered Whilst Cataloguing Earth’s Microbiomes
Despite advances in sequencing technologies and computational methods in the past decade, researchers have uncovered genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s microbial diversity. Because most microbes cannot be cultivated under laboratory conditions, their genomes can’t be sequenced using traditional approaches. Identifying and characterizing the planet’s microbial diversity is key to understanding the …
‘Photo Ark’ Uses Photography And Technology To Raise Awareness Of At-Risk Animal Species
An image of a critically endangered rhinoceros captured by Joel Sartore for the Nat Geo special … [+] “Photo Ark”. Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark The International Union for Conservation of Nature reported that there were more than 30,000 species threatened with extinction as of 2019. Admittedly, many of those animals species are things you’ve …
Extinction: Urgent change needed to save species, says UN
Image copyright JOEL SARTORE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTO ARK Image caption Many primates, including the endangered gold snub-nosed monkey, are in decline due to loss of habitat Humanity is at a crossroads and we have to take action now to make space for nature to recover and slow its “accelerating decline”. This is according to a …
Sir David Attenborough makes stark warning about species extinction
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionSir David Attenborough met some of the few remaining gorillas in the Virunga Mountains at the time some 40 years ago Sir David Attenborough returns to our screens this weekend with a landmark new production. The tone of the programme is very different from his usual work. …
Earth’s ‘lost species’ only the tip of the iceberg
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption An endangered white-handed gibbon: The right conservation strategies can save the day Scientists have calculated how many mammals might be lost this century, based on fossil evidence of past extinctions. Their predictions suggest at least 550 species will follow in the footsteps of the mammoth and sabre-toothed cat. With …
