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Featured Image Caption: The Carnon River is known to be impacted from metal mining in the area. Arsenic is one
Read moreFeatured Image Caption: The Carnon River is known to be impacted from metal mining in the area. Arsenic is one
Read moreIn April 2024, the south of Brazil was devastated by floods. What can we do to prevent climate change events in our future?
Read moreDeforestation in the Amazon causes temperatures to rise up to 100 km away. Taking this regional warming into account can help us better predict future warming in the forest.
Read moreFeatured Image Caption: Screwworm flies lay eggs on unsuspecting hosts so larvae (maggots) can develop underneath the skin. “Screwworm-Cochliomyia hominivorax”
Read moreAgriculture uses pesticides to maintain continuous food production. But what is the effect of these chemicals on aquatic animals? With this in mind, researchers from Brazil collaborated to study the effect of one of the most used pesticides in the country on zebrafish.
Read moreHarmful Algal Blooms are an increasingly frequent phenomenon, but may be mitigated with help from a surprising source.
Read moreTicks are risk-takers facing a daily dilemma: stay near the damp soil or climb the grass to find a host. Choosing one means losing access to the other. Ticks use weather conditions to inform whether to climb or stay put, but climate change may alter their behavior. Life or death for the tick has huge implications for human and animal health since ticks can transfer diseases with their bite. Click the tick to find out how hotter, more humid days will affect tick behavior.
Read moreAs climate change pushes species around the world together, cross-species viral infections become a growing concern.
Read moreMicrofibers are getting into our lakes and oceans. With the help of new technology and a little community effort, we may be able to stop them.
Read morePhase-Selective Organo-WHAT? Scientists are studying complex chemicals called Phase-Selective Organogelators (or PSOGs) to better understand their ability to clean up oil spills. These chemicals create a gel when added, in small quantities, to crude oil. The use of these chemicals could be a game changer when it comes to remediating marine oil spills. It would facilitate the way these disasters are handled, shortening the time it’s left affecting the organisms that live and interact in marine ecosystems
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