Landslides are a common hazard in the US. In fact, nearly 44% of the country could experience one, potentially catastrophically.
One of the World’s Fastest Ocean Currents Is Remarkably Stable, Study Finds
A new study by scientists at the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS), the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), and the National Oceanography Centre found that the strength of the Florida Current, the beginning of...
Biogeochemists make recommendations for tackling ‘hidden’ phosphorus
As the world tries to mitigate agriculture's effect on the environment, much of the story can be found in the soils, which stores and cycles nutrient elements of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. Biogeochemist are set to find answers, but, the challenge is first being able to accurately measure where phosphorus...
One of world’s fastest ocean currents is remarkably stable, study finds
Scientists found that the strength of the Florida Current, the beginning of the Gulf Stream system and a key component of the global Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, has remained stable for the past four decades.
Newly discovered antimicrobial could prevent or treat cholera
Researchers identified the first known microcin, a group of naturally produced antimicrobials, that targets the strains of bacteria that cause cholera.
Self-medicating gorillas and traditional healers provide clues for new drug discovery
Four plants consumed by wild gorillas in Gabon and used by local communities in traditional medicine show antibacterial and antioxidant properties, researchers report.
Bee Antidote to Deadly Pesticides Shows Promise
Scientists may have found an antidote to pesticides that are directly and indirectly killing bees, according to a new paper published Sept. 5 in Nature Sustainability showing promising early results in common eastern bumblebees.
UMass Amherst Scientists to Explore Role Soil and its Microbes Play in Helping Hemlocks Survive the Woolly Adelgid
A non-native, hemlock-loving invasive species known as the hemlock woolly adelgid is wiping out stands of Eastern hemlock throughout the East Coast of the U.S.
Unrecognised ‘Ikaite’ – Important Carbon Pump in Cold Seas
Ikaite is a special form of limestone that often forms in very cold seawater, in the polar oceans. A study led by Stockholm University researchers suggests that this highly unknown mineral plays an important role in the ocean's uptake of carbon dioxide.
Mirror, mirror, in my tank, who’s the biggest fish of all?
Researchers have demonstrated that bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) checked their body size in a mirror before choosing whether to attack fish that were slightly larger or smaller than themselves, saying it was the first time for a non-human animal to be demonstrated to possess some mental states that are...