Tiny, invisible swirls and twirls – not much bigger than a coin – deep below the ocean’s surface are silently shaping some of the biggest forces steering our climate: sea level rise, fisheries collapse, extreme flooding, and how much carbon dioxide the ocean absorbs.
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Plants Get Wearables to Track Their Health
With new sensors, farmers could use real-time information to manage crop conditions before visible signs of plant stress appear.
Pollution Blurs the Line Between Two Fish Species
The by-products of modern society appear to be messing with the love life of two tiny fish species that have long coexisted in Mexican rivers.
The Color of Penguin Poo: Satellites Reveal the Chilling Truth of Global Warming’s Impact on an Iconic Polar Species
Scientists study poop patterns of Adélie penguin colonies across all of Antarctica over a 30-year span using Landsat satellite images, a first for capturing food-web and population trends at continental and decadal scales relative to climate change.
Study Reveals How Gas Bubbles Shaped Kīlauea’s 2018 Lava Flow
The lava that buried entire neighborhoods during the 2018 Kīlauea eruption was composed of nearly 80% gas bubbles near its source.
Novel Marine Monitoring Network Could Help Improve Environmental Protections, Shipping Regulations in the Lower St. Lawrence
A single monitoring network developed by McGill, Natural Resources Canada, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and Dalhousie University researchers can simultaneously track earthquakes, water behaviour, human activity and whales, providing a comprehensive picture of what’s happening in, under, and at far distances from the water.




