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Massive Heatwaves Could Entirely Restructure the Size Distribution of Corals

Massive Heatwaves Could Entirely Restructure the Size Distribution of Corals

Sometimes nature surprises you. That's what happened when a massive marine heatwave took hold in the waters around Moorea, French Polynesia, in late 2018. Fortunately, UC Santa Barbara researchers turned this event into an opportunity to investigate coral bleaching.

16 Dec 2021

Research Gives an Up-to-Date Picture of Events that Caused the Little Ice Age

Research Gives an Up-to-Date Picture of Events that Caused the Little Ice Age

New research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst provides a novel answer to one of the persistent questions in historical climatology, environmental history and the earth sciences: what caused the Little Ice Age? The answer, we now know, is a paradox: warming.

16 Dec 2021

Seagrass Meadows may not Always Aid in Combating Climate Change

Seagrass Meadows may not Always Aid in Combating Climate Change

To avert the worst consequences of climate change, humanity needs to considerably reduce the amount carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas, in the atmosphere over the coming years.

16 Dec 2021

Bypassing a Photosynthetic Glitch can Confer Thermal Protection to Crops

Bypassing a Photosynthetic Glitch can Confer Thermal Protection to Crops

The world is warming quickly with no indication of slowing down. This could be catastrophic for the production of food crops, particularly in already warm areas.

16 Dec 2021

New Insights into Hummingbirds’ Torpor Could Help Conserve Migrating Bird Species

New Insights into Hummingbirds’ Torpor Could Help Conserve Migrating Bird Species

According to a recent study published in eLife, ruby-throated hummingbirds use energy-saving tactics to survive overnight fasts as well as build fat stores required to travel on long migrations.

15 Dec 2021

Creating Strategic Forest Reserves Could Help Fight Climate Change and Safeguard Biodiversity

Creating Strategic Forest Reserves Could Help Fight Climate Change and Safeguard Biodiversity

The United States should immediately move to create a collection of strategic forest reserves in the Western U.S. to fight climate change and safeguard biodiversity, according to a scientific collaboration led by an Oregon State University ecologist.

15 Dec 2021

Changing Food Availability Facilitated the Extinction of Ancient Megafauna Communities

Changing Food Availability Facilitated the Extinction of Ancient Megafauna Communities

Different combinations of human hunting and climate change caused Australia's famed 'giant' species to go extinct, and now it turns out that for some species, changing food availability made things worse.

15 Dec 2021

Female and Juvenile Bats are More Frequently Killed by Wind Turbines

Female and Juvenile Bats are More Frequently Killed by Wind Turbines

Many bats die at wind turbines when colliding with the spinning blades. Currently it is unclear whether all age cohorts or sexes are equally vulnerable.

14 Dec 2021

Creating a Market for Small Trees Could Help Limit Carbon and Curb Wildfires

Creating a Market for Small Trees Could Help Limit Carbon and Curb Wildfires

Clearing California's forests of dense overgrowth is a critical first step for curbing catastrophic wildfire in the state.

14 Dec 2021

Climate Change Fuels Seagrass Wasting Disease Outbreaks

Climate Change Fuels Seagrass Wasting Disease Outbreaks

In an oceanic omen for climate change's intensifying effects, new research shows that seagrass suffers from a lesion-filled wasting disease through large swaths of intertidal meadows in the Pacific Northwest.

14 Dec 2021

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ARL QUANT’X ED X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer

ARL QUANT’X ED X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer

The ARL QUANT'X is a complete energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer solution for all your elemental analysis needs.

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Thermo Scientific™ MAX-iAQ Continuous Ambient Air Monitoring System

Thermo Scientific™ MAX-iAQ Continuous Ambient Air Monitoring System

The Thermo Scientific™ MAX-iAQ™ is a fully automated ambient air monitoring solution with 20 detection points, specifically designed for the accurate detection of trace compounds in environments with high humidity.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific – Environmental and Process Monitoring Instruments

LInspector Edge In-line Mass Profilometer

LInspector Edge In-line Mass Profilometer

The LInspector Edge In-line Mass Profilometer is a cutting-edge electrode mass loading inspection machine.

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