(Natural News) To tourists and curious onlookers, the sparkling blue glow surrounding Taiwan’s Matsu Islands may look like a scene straight out of a Disney movie. Experts argue, however, that there’s a much darker side to this beautiful sight. “It’s toxic,” Chanmin Hu, an oceanographer at the University of South Florida, said in an interview […]

(Natural News) If the Pentagon is going to get its way, then chances are, it’s Nemo who’ll soon do the finding for the U.S. military. According to a statement published in its website, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) – the Department of Defense‘s experimental research arm ?– says it is looking to recruit fish and […]

(Natural News) Microplastics are everywhere these days. They are even falling from the sky, a recent study finds. Researchers from various institutions in the US, including the US Geological Survey (USGS), found microplastics in rain samples collected from the Denver-Boulder urban corridor and other sites along Colorado’s Front Range. Their findings, which were published on […]

(Natural News) The trouble with a dogmatic belief in global warming is that it tends to color the believer’s view of every situation involving the environment. When hurricanes strike, it must be global warming; when there’s a flood somewhere, it must be global warming; when a species becomes extinct, it must be global warming. And […]

(Natural News) When it comes to pollution, not even the smallest organism is safe from its effects. Researchers from various institutions in Australia and Denmark revealed that plastic in the ocean inhibits the growth and oxygen production of photosynthetic marine bacteria. These bacteria are believed to be responsible for up to 10 percent of the oxygen […]

(Natural News) With the incredibly hectic pace of modern life it can be difficult to take the time to stop and smell the roses. Surrounded as we are by electronic and other man-made devices, we sometimes forget that there are incredibly complex natural systems all around us that quietly just go about doing their work […]

(Natural News) Some of the largest living animals in the world dwell exclusively in the polar seas and the deepest parts of the oceans. Blue whales, colossal squid, lion’s mane jellyfish, and other leviathans may have attained and maintained their massive sizes thanks to a combination of extremely slow metabolic processes and oxygen availability in polar […]

(Natural News) Marine microorganisms may also be threatened by plastic pollution in the ocean. Since one type of photosynthetic bacteria accounts for 10 percent of the oxygen production on Earth, we need to take steps to protect the microbes before we run out of breathable air. Australian researchers issued a warning following their recently published […]

(Natural News) The ocean has become a plastic soup. In 2010, scientists estimated that eight million tons of plastic are dumped into the ocean every year, and the numbers only increase each year. This is a problem for marine animals and humans alike. To prevent this problem from getting bigger, people have to start implementing (and […]

(Natural News) Conservationists aim to preserve – and potentially save – different species and ecosystems around the world. This is especially vital for rare species, but scientists have found that research on how rare species impact ecosystems are sorely lacking. A recent study from the U.S. and Australia highlighted the need to identify how these rare species […]