The longevity of Earth’s continents in the face of destructive tectonic activity is an essential geologic backdrop for the emergence of life on our planet.
Diamonds Reveal How Continents Are Stabilized, Key to Earth’s Habitability
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Researchers Detail Marine Viruses from Pole to Pole
New research provides the most complete account to date of the viruses that impact the world’s oceans, increasing the number of known virus populations tenfold.
Migrating Bats Use the Setting Sun
Bats weighing no more than 6 grams, migrating over a thousand miles from the Baltic to Britain, could be the key to revealing how migrating mammals navigate.
Designing Ocean Ecological Systems in the Lab
Researchers from MIT have discovered simple rules of assembly of ocean microbiomes that degrade complex polysaccharides in coastal environments.
In Korean DMZ, Wildlife Thrives. Some Conservationists Worry Peace Could Disrupt It
The quiet of the late-winter morning is interrupted by a staccato of gunshots.
Scientists Monitor Coral Reef Ecosystems Throughout the Hawaiian Archipelago
Our scientists and managers depend on research surveys to monitor the status and trends of the coral reef ecosystems across the Hawaiian Archipelago over time.
