Plastic pollution in the oceans has become an important societal problem, as plastics are the most common and persistent pollutants in oceans and beaches worldwide
Microplastics May Affect How Arctic Sea Ice Forms And Melts
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Why Canada’s Political System Makes it Difficult to Fight Floods
Floods are some of the most damaging weather-related events in Canada, occurring so frequently that they’re the most commonly experienced natural hazard.
Bats Use Private and Social Information as They Hunt
In the arms race between predators and prey, each evolves more and more sophisticated ways of catching or escaping from the other. Rachel Page, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and Ximena Bernal, associate professor at Purdue University, review in Functional Ecology how bats use both private and social information to attack their prey.
Fingerprints of Earth’s Original Building Blocks Discovered in Diamond-Bearing Rocks
Chemical signatures recently found in rock formations are providing critical insight for understanding the formation of Earth, according to scientists.
Study Shows the Biological Clock Influences Immune Response Efficiency
According to a recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, the biological clock influences immune response efficacy.
Naming Something to Chirp About for Professor
If you find yourself in the tropical deciduous forest of the Querétaro, Mexico, you may run into Natasha Mhatre. Or, at least, the tree cricket that bears the Biology professor’s name.
