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Newly Discovered Coral Reef System Found At the Amazon River Already in Grave Danger
2016-04-24 09:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Researchers are flabbergasted over the discovery of a coral reef system located at the muddy waters off the mouth of the Amazon River. Corals are known to thrive in clear, sunlit saltwater. The Amazon plume, the area where fresh water from the river mixes with the salty Atlantic Ocean, creates gaps in the reef distribution along the tropical shelves, making it difficult for the corals to grow. Thus, the discovery of a coral reef system at the mouth of the Amazon River is significantly surprising,...
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Coral Reef Stretching 600 Miles Discovered at Mouth of Amazon River
2016-04-23 23:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
cdanews: A coral reef stretching some 600 miles was discovered at the mouth of the Amazon River underneath its muddy waters. This was something new to add to its reputation of being one of the most biodiverse river systems in the world. The newly discovered coral reef is already being threatened by oil companies who have set up 20 drilling operations in the region. The discovery of the reef, in a place where gunk in the Amazonian plume often shelters it from the sun, was written about in a study published...
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Brazil: Huge new coral reef is discovered, already in danger
2016-04-23 11:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wingate Wire: It begins in Peru, less than 75 miles from the Pacific shore, among the tiny glacial streams that trickle through the Andes. Sediment and other debris from all over South America is rocketed hundreds of miles out to sea, blocking the sunlight believed necessary for coral reefs to form. The Amazon River discharges more water than any other system in the world. Now, researchers have added yet another jewel to the river's crown. Scientists on a recent expedition to investigate the Amazon River...
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Key repeater molecule that governs genetic memory discovered
2016-04-05 17:00:27| Extremetech
Researchers from Tel Aviv University just found an important mechanism for the transmission of epigenetic influences between generations. Get ready for some acronyms.
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Archaeologists may have discovered additional Viking settlements in the New World
2016-04-01 23:07:43| Extremetech
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a second Viking settlement in the New World. The site could change our understanding of how the Norse settled the North American continent and shed new light on their trade relations with indigenous cultures.
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