Marine viruses attack cells, but the material that spills out helps fuels marine life around the world.
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Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.
The organisms that cause greening are highly concentrated in Kenya’s shallow Winam Gulf.
The spectacular landscapes and pristine waters of the north shore of Lake Superior, which once provided inspiration for the Group of Seven, are now vulnerable to algal blooms.
New techniques monitor the health of lakes in real time by analyzing their microbiome to anticipate and respond to environmental threats such as cyanobacteria.
Over two billion years from now, Earth will no longer be able to sustain life. A new study looks at how much life has ever existed and what this means for the discovery of new life-supporting planets.
Plants aren’t always as good at photosynthesis as you might think. Our research project wants to help them.
‘Living materials’ made with genetically engineered bacteria and Jell-O-like gel could make pollutants in water bodies nontoxic.
An unusual lake with distinct layers of low-oxygen and high-iron water lets researchers investigate conditions like those in the early Earth’s oceans.
To fully understand the extent of climate-related dangers the Arctic – and our planet – is facing, we must focus on organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye.
The Earth isn’t permanent, but it was here for four billion years before humans arrived and should be here for several billion more.
Fossil evidence of how the earliest life on Earth came to be is hard to come by. But scientists have come up with a few theories based on the microbes, viruses and prions existing today.
Ancient rocks from Western Australia may not contain the world’s oldest fossils – but they do preserve organic compounds that may have formed the raw materials for the first living cells.
Agricultural technologies to grow food on Mars can help address climate change, sustainability and food scarcity challenges.
Lakes in the northern hemisphere are rapidly losing their ice cover due to rising greenhouse gas emissions. The only way to preserve lake ice is to limit GHG emissions and slow down climate change.
Pollution from more frequent floods and wildfires – exacerbated by the warming climate – is threatening human health and poses particular risks to the brain.
A networked array of sensors could warn drinking water utilities in real time of harmful algal blooms and prevent public health crises.
Researchers are turning microbes into microscopic construction crews by altering their DNA to make them produce building materials. The work could lead to more sustainable buildings.
Discussions about climate change often skirt around the issue of population growth, but it is the main driver of rising carbon dioxide levels and many other environmental changes on a planetary scale.
Bio-based plastics made from natural sources break down more easily than conventional plastic, without producing toxic byproducts. But for this to happen they have to be composted, not buried in landfills.
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Professor and York University Research Chair in Global Change Biology; Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research Global Water Academy, York University, Canada
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Distinguished Research Professor and Director, Great Lakes Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health, Bowling Green State University
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Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark
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Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University
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Research scientist, Australian National Algae Culture Collection, CSIRO
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Australian Research Council Future Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Professor - Australian Rivers Institute, and Dean - Research Infrastructure, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Geology, University of Aberdeen
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PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
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Executive Director, Fraunhofer IME
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Assistant Professor, Earth Sciences, Carleton University
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Professor, Department of Biology, State University of New York at New Paltz
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Associate Professor of Geology, Iowa State University
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Senior Lecturer in Earth System Science, Northumbria University, Newcastle