This marine biologist discovered a unique blue whale population in Sri Lanka
Pooping whales changed the course of Asha de Vos’ career. The Sri Lankan marine biologist was aboard a research vessel […]
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Fans may not keep older adults cool during heat waves
Air blowing from an electric fan alone isn’t enough to cool off older adults sweltering indoors in a heat wave,
Saving Mexico’s fir forests could help monarch butterflies
An experiment to grow new forests in central Mexico offers hope that the crucial winter habitat for millions of migrating
There’s a new term for attempting to own the wind
Wind ownership is up for grabs. As an unpaid intern at an energy company in England, Emilia Groupp spent two
A biogeochemist is following the movements of toxic mercury pollution
One of the richest biodiversity hotspots in the world is Peru’s Madre de Dios, a region of the Amazon located
A thousand-year-old log shows how burying wood can fight climate change
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Why was Hurricane Helene so devastating?
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Some fleas do not poop for weeks. This keeps their pools clean
Some tadpoles do not poop in the first weeks of their lives. At least, this is the case for Eiffinger’s
A transatlantic flight could turn Saharan dust into a major ocean nutrient
As dust from the Sahara blows thousands of kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean, it becomes progressively more nutritious for marine
Climate change fueled the fury of Hurricanes Helene and Milton
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