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The Hidden Light Show Below

Did you know that reefs can glow? Photographer Louise Murray dips into the dark seas to capture the spectacle of marine fluorescence.

sumo wrestler Kisenosato Yutaka holds up a red seabream

Supersize My Seabream

Researchers are using CRISPR gene editing technology to give Japan’s coveted red seabream a bodybuilding boost. But will people accept it?

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The Hot Mess of Hawai‘i’s Renewable Power Push

Can the small Hawaiian island of Moloka‘i and its utility get along well enough to teach the rest of the world how to get off fossil-fueled electricity?

The Newest Lab Rat Has Eight Arms

Move over mice and fruit flies, the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, is busy developing the next great model organism for science.

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The Hidden Light Show Below

Did you know that reefs can glow? Photographer Louise Murray dips into the dark seas to capture the spectacle of marine fluorescence.

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A 450-Year Record of North Sea Herring, Pried from Clams

Chemical analysis of the shells of long-lived North Sea ocean quahogs unveils hundreds of years of environmental change.

Jun 26, 2019 | 550 words, about 2 minutes

The Hidden Light Show Below

Did you know that reefs can glow? Photographer Louise Murray dips into the dark seas to capture the spectacle of marine fluorescence.

Jun 25, 2019 | 1,000 words, 13 photos

humpback whale entangled in fishing gear

To Save the Whales, Crab Fishers Are Testing Ropeless Gear

From devices designed to automatically cut the line, to crab pots that use no ropes at all, scientists are working to ease the threat posed by trap fishing.

Jun 24, 2019 | 1,000 words, about 5 minutes

Scientists Want to Make Fuel and Plastic Out of Bacteria

Tiny but mighty, octillions of cyanobacteria in the ocean create diesel-like hydrocarbons in huge amounts. A team of researchers wants to know why.

Jun 21, 2019 | 850 words, about 4 minutes

A Pending Shift in a Prominent Shipping Lane Will Be Used to Study Noise Pollution

When some 80,000 ships are sent on a different path to the Baltic Sea in 2020, researchers will be watching to see how porpoises respond.

Jun 20, 2019 | 900 words, about 4 minutes

The Indian Ocean’s Great Disappearing Garbage Patch

For better or worse, oceanographic and meteorological forces in the Indian Ocean seem to be preventing plastic from accumulating to form a garbage patch.

Jun 19, 2019 | 500 words, about 2 minutes

Supersize My Seabream

Researchers are using CRISPR gene editing technology to give Japan’s coveted red seabream a bodybuilding boost. But will people accept it?

Jun 18, 2019 | 1,900 words, about 9 minutes

How Enough Floating Plastic Could Change the Sea

Many plastics float, block sunlight, and do not degrade—a recipe for altering the physical properties of the water underneath.

Jun 17, 2019 | 350 words, a quick read