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Researchers Pose Sticky Questions on Coral Reef Conservation

A new UBC study on the impact of climate change on coral reefs is raising sticky questions about conservation.

12 Aug 2021

Novel System Could Help Provide Corals with More Targeted Protection from Climate Change

Thermally tolerant corals have different mechanisms for responding to heat stress.

12 Aug 2021

Corallimorphs Dominate and Kill Reefs at Palmyra Atoll

The coral reefs thriving in Palmyra Atoll, a small outlying atoll in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, have been transforming from stony corals to systems controlled by corallimorphs—marine invertebrates that share genes with both hard corals and anemones.

11 Aug 2021

Study Employs Novel Approach to Explore Life Below the Seafloor

A new study is anticipated to offer a breakthrough for researchers to become familiar with life in the harshest of environments.

4 Aug 2021

Study Outlines Effect of Overfishing on Marine Protected Areas Around the World

Recent research by Tel Aviv University discloses major ecological damage to various marine protected areas (MPAs) across the globe.

3 Aug 2021

Climate Change Likely to Exacerbate Conflicts Between Humans and Wildlife

With wildfires spreading across the parched Western U.S., severe floods in Europe and in the coming decade a potential surge in coastal flooding, 2021 could be a pivotal year in how governments, societies and families view the threat of climate change.

30 Jul 2021

Riverrecycle Partners with Clean Planet Energy in Southeast Asia to Turn Thousands of Tonnes of Waste-Plastics from the Environment into Ultra-Clean Energy

Riverrecycle and Clean Planet Energy have today announced that they have entered into a partnership agreement in a bid to support global efforts of removing non-recyclable plastics from rivers and the environment in Southeast Asia, and then re-purposing the waste as new ultra-clean fuels.

From Clean Planet Energy 30 Jul 2021

Researchers Reveal Consequences of Land Subsidence Caused by Sinking Water Level

The Dead Sea is undergoing shrinkage and several factors are responsible for this. Among these, climate change is considered a contributing factor along with the overexploitation of water as a resource by humans.

28 Jul 2021

Study Sheds Light on How Familiarity Impacts Survival of Social Fishes

It's good to have friends. Most humans have experienced social anxiety on some level during their lives. We all know the feeling - we show up to a party thinking it is going to be chock full of friends, only to find nearly all total strangers.

21 Jul 2021

Green Hydrogen Systems Electrolysers Chosen for a Pioneering Green Hydrogen Production Project in Germany

Green Hydrogen Systems, a leading provider of efficient pressurised alkaline electrolysers used in onsite hydrogen production based on renewable electricity, has today signed a supply agreement with Wenger Engineering for delivering electrolyser units for a green hydrogen production project in Germany.

From Green Hydrogen Systems 21 Jul 2021