Tracking algae species interactions to help predict harmful algae blooms
Harmful algal blooms, sometimes called HABs, occur when algae grow out of control. Algae are photosynthetic organisms that ...
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Romania's trovants: The bulbous 'living' rocks that inspired folkloric tales of dinosaur eggs and aliens
Trovants are rocks that grow by absorbing minerals from rainwater. Romania is home to a cluster of trovants that inspired ...
Simulation reveals what will happen if asteroid Bennu crashes to Earth
Researchers predict that a collision with the asteroid Bennu would plunge Earth into a year's long 'impact winter'.
Asteroid could cause 'impact winter' that stops plants growing if it hit
The 500metre wide rock could throw 400million tonnes of dust into the atmosphere, dropping the Earth's temperature 4C ...
Scientists Simulated Bennu Crashing to Earth in September 2182. It's Not Pretty.
One of those is asteroid Bennu, the recent lucky target of an asteroid sample collection mission. In a mere 157 years – September of 2182 CE, to be precise – it has a chance of colliding with Earth.
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New research on ancient life found in Yellowstone hot springs
New work offers insight into how early life adapted from a low-oxygen atmosphere to the one that exists today.
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A trip down the Illinois River as a court weighs the poultry industry’s responsibility for pollution
A ruling in a 20-year-old lawsuit could have far-reaching environmental consequences for the river and surrounding region.