Researchers find genes in algae that could stop coral bleaching
Researchers have identified genes in algae that allow some corals to survive higher ocean temperatures without becoming bleached. With the Great Barrier Reef and other important tropical reefs struggling to survive rising temperatures - while at the same time being damaged by our sunscreen - this is some much-needed good news for the coral ecosystems of the world. Certain types of algae live inside corals as part of a symbiotic relationship that strengthen and protect both parties. Corals get ..>> view originalThe Arctic's pretty but alarming strawberry-pink snow
(Liane G. Benning/GFZ) Pink snow was a high-latitude curiosity described by Arctic explorers like the British Captain John Ross. Upon receiving word of the reddish snow, the London Times speculated in 1818 that the color came from meteoric iron deposits. Biologists know now that the red hue is the result of a chemical reaction within the algae Chlamydomonas nivalis and other cold-loving species. These algae are normally green, but as they start to suck up ultraviolet rays they turn red. Wha..>> view originalThese newborn planets are two of the youngest ever detected
Scientists recently detected two newborn planets orbiting extremely close to their young, host stars. These baby planets, they say, are some of the youngest ever discovered. One of the planets, a Neptune-sized planet orbiting a star about 470 light years away, is just 11 million years old. The other, a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a star about 430 light years away, is barely two million years old. In human years, that might sound pretty ancient, but on the scale of the Universe, these stars m..>> view originalNASA's Kepler telescope discovers youngest exoplanet; Path-breaking discovery to shed light on evolution of planets
A team of international researchers have discovered the youngest fully-formed exoplanet ever known. The exoplanet orbits a young star 500 light years from Earth. The astronomers were scanning the sky to detect distant worlds when they detected two of the youngest exoplanets ever discovered. Born around separate stars, the two worlds are only a few million years old. These two are infants when compared to our 4.6 billion-year-old solar system. The findings have been described in two separate stu..>> view originalThis Russian AI robot appears determined to break out of its laboratory
A Russian robot made a run from its research lab for the second time in a week. There are sceptics who say Promobot IR77’s “escape” is a publicity stunt, but its creators say they’ve been testing the robot’s new positioning system. If it’s not staged, all seems to be working well. The AI bot is designed to be able to move around, avoid collisions and learn from its experiences. But if a gate is left open, as it was last week, inevitably Promobot will find its way out. And 50 metres into the str..>> view originalShark attack seal a true survivor
FOUR days after surviving a cookiecutter shark attack off Mermaid Beach, William, an 18-month-old New Zealand fur seal is recuperating at Sea World. Director of Marine Sciences, Trevor Long said the young seal was still very weak.“We’re seeing slights improvements ... he’s put on 0.4kg but his bowels haven’t moved so there’s some concern,” Mr Long said.media_cameraA seal washed up at Mermaid Beach on the weekend after it had been attacked by a shark. Photo: Sophie SzczudloSea World has advised t..>> view originalStrange Sounds Coming from the Caribbean Sea Can Be Heard in Space
Jun 23, 2016 06:06 AM EDT An unusual sound can be heard from space and it is coming from the most unlikely source, the Caribbean Sea. Scientists claim that they haven't encountered anything like this before. The human ear cannot distinguish the strange sound, but its signature can be detected from space. It was the researchers from the University of Liverpool who discovered the unusual behavior in the Caribbean Sea. An unearthly sound is emanating from the Caribbean Sea https://t.co/MeTfp..>> view originalThe Asteroid That Killed The Dinosaurs Almost Got Us, Too
The age of the dinosaurs ended 66 million years ago, when an asteroid six miles in diameter crashed into what is now southeastern Mexico. The world went up in flames. Dinosaurs, along with the massive reptiles that ruled the sea and the sky, perished as forest fires raged across the globe, dust blotted out the sun, and Earth experienced intense heat, frigid cooling and then more heat. Conventional wisdom states that mammalian diversity emerged from the ashes of the mass extinction, ultimately gi..>> view original'Gateway to Hell' volcano may erupt
A house in front of the Hekla volcano in Iceland, which could erupt at any minute. Picture: iStockMichael MorrowNews Corp Australia NetworkEXPERTS are worried a volcano, similar to one that sent a huge plume of volcanic ash across Europe in 2010, may blow at any minute.The Hekla volcano, has been dormant for 16 years, but concerns are growing that it’s about to erupt after pressure reading sounded alarm bells.“Hekla is a dangerous volcano. We could be looking at a major disaster when the next er..>> view original
Thursday, June 23, 2016
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