The Great Barrier Reef is losing its ability to recover from disturbances, but effective local management could revive its capacity to bounce back. …read more Source:: Science
Day: July 18, 2018
Glowing bacteria on deep-sea fish shed light on evolution, ‘third type’ of symbiosis
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•For the first time, scientists have sequenced and analyzed the genomes of bacteria that live in anglerfish bulbs. The bacteria were taken from fish specimens collected in the Gulf of …read more Source:: Science
Billion-year-old lake deposit yields clues to Earth’s ancient biosphere
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•A sample of ancient oxygen, teased out of a 1.4-billion-year-old evaporative lake deposit in Ontario, provides fresh evidence of what the Earth’s atmosphere and biosphere were like during the interval …read more Source:: Science
Light-controlled polymers can switch between sturdy and soft
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•Researchers have designed a polymer material that can change its structure in response to light, converting from a rigid substance to a softer one that can heal itself when damaged. …read more Source:: Science
Atlantic circulation is not collapsing — but as it shifts gears, warming will reaccelerate
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•Data suggest that the recent, rapid slowdown of the Atlantic Ocean circulation is not a sign of imminent collapse, but a shift back toward a more sluggish phase. The slowdown …read more Source:: Science