Genetics gives fin-tastic insights into Hector's dolphin populations
Scientists are learning more about the diets and groupings of little-studied Hector's dolphins at the top of the South Island.
Scientists are learning more about the diets and groupings of little-studied Hector's dolphins at the top of the South Island.
Plants & Animals
May 26, 2023
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Every few years, changes in how the ocean and atmosphere interact along the West Coast—stretching from southern California to Peru and reaching across the Pacific almost to Fiji and the Solomon Islands—determine climate ...
Environment
May 22, 2023
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With recent extreme weather events happening in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally, new research published in Nature Geoscience aims to improve predictions of heavy rainfall and provide the public with earlier warnings ...
Earth Sciences
May 4, 2023
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Earth Sciences
Apr 18, 2023
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California has been dealing with what the National Weather Service has called a "seemingly never ending parade" of strong storm systems that have dumped massive amounts of rain and snow on the region since late December.
Environment
Apr 18, 2023
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River flows in New Zealand have changed dramatically over the past 50 to 90 years as the climate has varied, a new study has found.
Environment
Mar 24, 2023
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The 2013-2016 marine heat wave known as "The Blob" warmed a vast expanse of surface waters across the northeastern Pacific, disrupting West Coast marine ecosystems, depressing salmon returns, and damaging commercial fisheries. ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 17, 2023
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While the outcomes of institutional racism in our education system have been well documented—Black and American Indian students are half as likely to graduate from college within four years compared to white and Asian students—few ...
Social Sciences
Mar 9, 2023
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Powerful winter storms lashed the United States on Wednesday, with heavy snow snarling travel across wide areas, even as unusual warmth was expected in others.
Environment
Feb 23, 2023
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The rumor that the coastal cod is extinct is not true. Through DNA analyses, researchers at the University of Gothenburg have identified that there are still juvenile coastal cod off the west coast of Sweden. However, it ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 9, 2023
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