Destroying Nigeria’s riverside forests is bad for the freshwater ecosystem
Population growth and attendant human activities are destroying a freshwater ecosystem.
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Microplastics: we’ve found startling quantities in the ice algae that are essential for all Arctic marine life
Arctic sea ice algae contaminated with microplastics have serious consequences for ecosystems and the climate.
Seabirds can starve when hit by repeated severe storms – but we still don’t know why
No animals were more exposed to storms Dudley, Eunice and Franklin.
Antarctic krill store as much carbon as the world’s mangroves, salt marshes and seagrass beds
For the first time, we used a computer model of ocean currents to show that krill waste products don’t need to reach great depths to achieve carbon storage for at least 100 years.
Elementary new theory on mass extinctions that wiped out life
A fall in vital trace elements in our oceans could be one of the driving forces behind a number of mass extinction events during Earth’s history.
The rise of sponges in Anthropocene reef ecosystems
Marine sponges are ancient organisms that have survived mass extinctions. Many are more tolerant of climate change and may dominate over corals in future reef systems.
When an Antarctic iceberg the size of a country breaks away, what happens next?
A massive glacier tongue sticking out off the edge of the continent has been snapping off every 70 years.
Newly discovered mass extinction event triggered the dawn of the dinosaurs
Our new research has discovered how a series of volcanic eruptions 233 million years ago fundamentally changed life on Earth.
Baleen whales are among the biggest creatures on Earth – science is revealing new secrets about their size
Baleen whales include the blue whale, the largest animal ever known.
Freaky ‘frankenprawns’: ancient deep sea monsters called radiodonts had incredible vision that likely drove an evolutionary arms race
Our study on weird ancient marine animals called radiodonts supports the idea that vision played a crucial role during the Cambrian Explosion, a rapid burst of evolution about 500 million years ago.
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