Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

  1. Health & Medicine

    Microbes in the music

    A new study finds germs linger on musical instruments.

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  2. Oceans

    Life beneath the ‘berg

    Scientists find Antarctic icebergs play a new and bigger role in the climate cycle.

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  3. Kids’ ingenuity honored at Intel ISEF

    Young scientists receive awards in international competition.

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  4. Animals

    Ants aweigh!

    In a flood, fire ants cling together to keep afloat.

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  5. Animals

    Secrets of the world’s extreme divers

    For emperor penguins and other animals, being able to hold their breath the longest could be in the blood

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  6. Animals

    Big fish in troubled waters

    Overfishing cuts number of large predator fish in the ocean.

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  7. Oceans

    Sea changes

    Carbon dioxide is making the oceans more acidic.

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  8. Environment

    Floor of Gulf got slimed

    Oil from BP spill was likely dragged down by bacterial goo.

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  9. Animals

    There’s no ‘i’ in elephant

    These clever mammals may know when two trunks are better than one.

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  10. Plants

    Carnivorous plants say ‘cheese’

    It took high-speed cameras to reveal how the bladderwort gets lunch.

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  11. Microbes

    Life in the bacterial underground

    Tiny life forms in rock may coax minerals to release hydrogen for food.

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  12. Environment

    Cleaning up fish farms

    Although fish farms can supply lots of food, these operations may also cause pollution and hurt wild populations.

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