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 Ocean Acidity Affects Plankton ArmourPhytoplankton, single celled marine organisms, can only construct their outer shells when their internal pH is controlled. Rising ocean acidity may bring shell production to a stop. ... 22nd Jun 2011
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Pterosaurs inspired aircraftBy learning from pterosaurs we may be able to make aircrafts more manouverable. ... 18th Jun 2011
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 Finding Nemo's gone deaf owing to high CO2Exposing newborn clownfish to the sorts of CO2 levels predicted for the year 2050 and beyond causes the fish to ignore the normal auditary instincts that help them to find a home and avoid danger in the wild, scientists have discovered. ... 31st May 2011
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Sweet solution to water purificationScientists have developed a sugar-fuelled chemical filter to clean up contaminated water. ... 22nd May 2011
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 Nosey Brains Pivotal to Mammal SuccessUsing state-of-the-art X-ray scanning technology to recreate the brains of 200 million year old animals thought to be ancestral to the mammal group, researchers have shown that these ancient predecessors of modern mammals possessed a highly developed sense of smell. This may be responsible for launching mammals into their present-day big-brained global dominance. ... 19th May 2011
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The AnthropoceneEarlier this month, a major conference was held at the Geological Society in London to discuss something that will not only have implications for scientists in the future when they refer back to the current geological epoch, but also for own understanding of our place in Earth’s history. ... 18th May 2011
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Climate change has affected crop yieldsIn the last 30 years, corn and wheat crops have dropped by 3.8 and 5.5 per cent in response to climate change. This decrease in production has occurred in spite of technological advances, pest control measures and the use of fertilisers... ... 8th May 2011
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Mangroves mega carbon storesMangrove forests lock up even more carbon than previously thought ... 10th Apr 2011
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Biodiversity can buffer against nutrient pollutionA paper published in Nature by Bradley Cardinale from the University of Michigan suggests that biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems can help to buffer a system against increased nutrient input. ... 7th Apr 2011
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Wind speeds across the seas are increasingResearchers have reported this week that wind speeds across the oceans have increased, on average, by at least 0.25 per cent each year for the past 23 years. ... 27th Mar 2011
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