Can coral reefs change with the times?
Sep 1, 2017
Coral ecosystems may be able to adapt rapidly to climate change through natural plastic responses.
Results for climate change
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Ancient jumping genes may give corals a new lease on life
Dec 24, 2017
Jumping genes could make an alga, and its coral host, more tolerant to warming sea temperatures.
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High salinity protects corals from heat stress
Feb 25, 2018
Corals living in highly saline waters may be more tolerant to rising water temperatures.
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Bacteria proven to be worth their salt
Jun 24, 2018
Bacteria isolated from desert plants could provide the key to maintaining productive agriculture in arid regions.
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Remote corals pay the price of climate change
Jul 1, 2018
Corals, even in the most far-flung locations, are being affected by climate change but fare better in marine protected areas.
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Anemones rely on epigenetics during symbiosis
Aug 16, 2018
Epigenetic mechanisms adjust gene expression in anemone symbiosis.
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How extreme weather exacerbates air pollution
Sep 4, 2018
Simultaneously modeling air pollutants and weather under extreme conditions highlights the potential for serious health risks.
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Plankton communities warm response to nutrient availability
Nov 14, 2018
Investigating plankton communities' reaction to rising water temperatures may improve modeling of marine ecosystem responses to global warming.
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Understanding the growth of coral reefs
Dec 16, 2018
Determining the growth dynamics of Red Sea coral reefs has enabled researchers to establish a baseline to assess the effects of environmental change.
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Directed evolution comes to plants
Jun 19, 2019
Accelerating plant evolution with CRISPR paves the way for breeders to engineer new crop varieties.
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Seaweed sinks deep, taking carbon with it
Aug 5, 2019
Macroalgae is shown to be a major global contributor to carbon sequestration.
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Pop stats for big geodata
Feb 24, 2020
A universal high-performance computing interface allows popular statistical tools to run efficiently on large geospatial datasets.
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Simple framework helps future ocean studies
Mar 22, 2020
A framework that helps marine scientists select localized carbon dioxide levels for experiments aims to improve robustness in global warming studies.
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Heatwave model shows it is hotter in more places, more often
Sep 12, 2021
New modeling shows that heatwaves across Europe have increased in both frequency and spatial extent over the past century.
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Quantifying future impacts on coral reefs
Sep 16, 2021
Corals face a grim future over the coming decades and researchers urge faster efforts to reduce global emissions and to enhance coral reef resilience.
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Getting to the bottom of deadly weather
Jan 5, 2022
Cold still causes far more deaths than heat in India.
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Winds of change bring winter rain to eastern Arabia
Jan 11, 2022
Warmer waters in the central tropical Pacific in recent decades have led to shifts in atmospheric wind jets, bringing more winter rainfall to the eastern Arabian Peninsula and less to the south.
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Harnessing the sun's energy for rainfall
Apr 13, 2022
Simulations show that solar panel installations could go a long way toward addressing Saudi Arabia’s growing water crisis.
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A model for millions of locations
Aug 7, 2022
A faster and more statistically accurate modeling scheme enables better prediction of climate and environmental conditions at very large scales.
