Corals reefs face double threats from rising atmospheric carbon dioxide: severe heat stress and ocean acidification.
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Hot, dry summer and slow start to wet season primed California for November 2018 fires
Multiple wildfires in northern and southern California have led to tragedy and devastation in November 2018, with an estimated 66 fatalities (as of November 16) and more than 10,000 lost structures.
Mars Moon Got its Grooves from Rolling Stones, Study Suggests
A new study bolsters the idea that strange grooves crisscrossing the surface of the Martian moon Phobos were made by rolling boulders blasted free from an ancient asteroid impact.
Physicists help Government of Canada improve arctic communications
Physicists from the University of New Brunswick’s Radio Physics Lab have developed a new model that will help Canada monitor activity in the arctic and improve arctic communications.
Is Antarctica Becoming More Like Greenland?
Antarctica is high and dry and mostly bitterly cold, and it’s easy to think of its ice and snow as locked away in a freezer, protected from melt except around its low-lying coasts and floating ice shelves.
Researchers Stop ‘Sneaky’ Cancer Cells in Their Tracks
A new study by University of Minnesota biomedical engineers shows how they stopped cancer cells from moving and spreading, even when the cells changed their movements.