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Skin bacteria varies based on conditions such as dry, moist and oily.
Monitoring of forest plots finds western tree death rates have doubled, likely due to regional warming.
What is the total cost of the introduction of non-native species into the Great Lakes?
Technique applied to human gut reveals 10 times more bacteria than thought.
Regions of ocean depleted in oxygen increasing, are key stressor to ecosystems.
A life spent swimming in the Caribbean sounds ideal. But good luck convincing the resident fish. Already confronted by overfishing, coral bleaching, and increasing amounts of sediment, nitrates, and acid, they have one more enemy to add to this list: lion
Iceberg scouring of Antarctic seafloor increasing as warming melts winter sea ice.
Increased land use disrupted soils, made West dustier than was in past.
Bottom trawling leaves behind huge sediment plumes, damage to ecosystems.
If Antarctic waters warm over coming century, could become hospitable to sharks.
More than 40 percent of seas are heavily impacted by humans.
Climate change may alter ocean ecosystems, shrinking key fish populations.
Are artificial reefs good or bad for marine life?
Habitats with fewer plant species produce less oxygen, food, fiber overall.
A new exhibit features all aspects of water, calls for conservation.
Social cliques among wild animals helps to keep populations stable.
An invasive marsh plant conquers leafy enemies with toxic acid.
A submerged mountain ridge in the North Atlantic is teeming with life.
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