Marine
Widespread Ocean Viruses Infecting Plankton-Like Archaea Are Far More Diverse Than Thought
A global metagenomic survey expanded the known genomic catalogue of the marine virus family Aoguangviridae from 59 to 227 genomes,...
Seafloor Shapes Alone Can Steer Earth’s Climate, Even Without Continents
A new aquaplanet modeling study shows that realistic seafloor topography alone can sustain major ocean circulation systems and hemispheric climate...
NSF Bets $18.4 Million on Sequencing the Genomes of Antarctic Life, From Microbes to Whales
The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded $18.4 million to a Desert Research Institute-led team to sequence more than 250...
Ferries Turned Science Platforms Reveal Whales on the Move in the Mediterranean
A ferry-based monitoring network recorded 707 sightings of Mediterranean whales, dolphins and sea turtles across three summer campaigns, revealing that...
Robot That Falls Like a Maple Seed and Sails Like a Boat Reaches Remote Waters
SUTD researchers have created ALBATROSS, a nature-inspired robot that autorotates down like a maple seed, lands on water, and then...
Fair Shares: New Framework Puts Equity at the Heart of Transboundary River Planning
A new welfare-based optimization framework published in Nature Water makes equity an explicit, negotiable parameter in transboundary river basin and...
Floating scarecrow and bird-of-prey kite cut seabird deaths in fishing nets by two thirds
A floating scarecrow buoy and a bird-of-prey kite trialled with Cornish fishermen reduced gillnet bycatch of guillemots and razorbills by...
Rivers Are Not Following the Atmosphere: Global Study Reveals Drought’s Hidden Detour
A global analysis of nearly 19,000 catchments shows that atmospheric drying trends are not transmitted uniformly into river-flow drought, with...
Sea Squirts Feel the Seafloor Shake, Not the Sound Itself
New research shows that Mediterranean sea squirts contract in response to low-frequency substrate vibrations rather than underwater sound pressure, challenging...
Oarfish anatomy revealed: joystick-like fin rays power the giant fish’s strange swimming
Cornell researchers have described for the first time the ball-and-socket joints and muscles that let each oarfish dorsal fin ray...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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