The Almighty Squabble Over Who Gets to Name Microbes
Scientists are just starting to uncover the vast diversity of microbes out there. The only problem? No one can agree on how to name them. ..
Scientists are just starting to uncover the vast diversity of microbes out there. The only problem? No one can agree on how to name them. ..
The first hatchery and nursery run by local fishers is working to save the species. The model is poised for duplication—but can it survive stormy, warming ..
A quarter of a billion years ago, rising temperatures emptied the oceans of life. The planet now faces a similar threat, but the outcome is in human hands. ..
Humans are polluting the seas with sound, while warming waters change how noise propagates. What does that mean for whales and other animals? ..
Nearly half of these ocean ecosystems have been wiped out since 1950. One man is on a mission to reverse that—by speed-growing coral in hyperefficient ..
A new study finds that turbines can muddle ships' navigational systems, obscuring the location of smaller boats or creating misleading images on radar ..
More than half of the sea now logs temperatures once considered extreme, threatening countless species, livelihoods, and the air we breathe. ..
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption and tsunami that have devastated Tonga are unlike anything volcanologists have seen before. ..
Vessels from more than 1,500 ports have visited the region since 2014. Each one is a threat to introduce invasive species. ..
A team of scientists shows where some of the gas giant’s huge storms come from and how the process is similar to the buildup of extreme weather on our planet. ..