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Assessing the Functional Recovery of a Marine Macroalgal Forest

Researchers reveal that attempts to restore the basic blocks of marine ecosystems are paying off, with macroalgae that supply food and shelter for other species coming back after a decade of growth in a Mediterranean Sea underwater seaweed forest.

5 Jun 2023

Calculating the Economic and Climatic Benefits of Mangroves

The importance of mangrove forests in Belize for carbon sequestration, tourism, fisheries, and coastal protection is quantified using a novel technique, and the values are then used to focus on conservation and restoration.

2 Jun 2023

Overfishing and Habitat Degradation Linked to Decrease in Marine Ecosystems of the South Atlantic Ocean

The marine ecosystems of the South Atlantic Ocean have experienced a significant decline in recent decades due to overfishing and habitat degradation.

31 May 2023

Hibernation Behavior of Arctic Ground Squirrels

Among mammals, Arctic ground squirrels are unique. Their capacity to prevent themselves from freezing even while body temperatures go less than that level on the thermometer facilitates them to endure adverse winter climates.

26 May 2023

New Microbial Friends Provide a Boost to Climate-Stressed Trees

Climate change is subjecting plants to rapid shifts in temperature and precipitation, pushing them into new ranges and stressing them in old ones.

26 May 2023

Coastal Ecosystems Worldwide Act as a Net Absorber of Greenhouse Gases

A new greenhouse gas budget shows coastal ecosystems globally are a net greenhouse gas sink for carbon dioxide (CO2) but emissions of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) counteract some of the CO2 uptake, according to international researchers led by Australia's Southern Cross University.

24 May 2023

ORNL Research Focuses on Advancing the Understanding of Key Processes in Coastal Ecosystems

As a biogeochemist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Matthew Berens studies how carbon, nutrients and minerals move through water and soil.

24 May 2023

Researchers Quantify Carbon Sequestration From Various Sources in the California Current Ecosystem

Florida State University researchers have analyzed the carbon exported from surface waters of the California Current Ecosystem -- the first-ever study to quantify the total carbon sequestration for a region of the ocean.

19 May 2023

British Father and Son Team Develop World’s Coolest Paint in Home Garage During Covid-19 Lockdown

An ingenious father and son have developed the world’s coolest paint from their home garage in Yorkshire, UK.

17 May 2023

Seafields Will Develop Stationary Aquafarms Together with MacroCarbon

Seafields, the UK-headquartered company that will cultivate and harvest Sargassum seaweed in the Atlantic Ocean to remove billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, will collaborate with MacroCarbon, a spin-off of the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany and Carbonwave in the US to co-develop and accelerate the intellectual property required to farm the seaweed near shore.

16 May 2023