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A study in Frontiers tested three levels of added alkalinity in seawater and found a sharp chemical boundary for a proposed ocean-based carbon removal method. Researchers led by Georgia Southern University reported that high doses can cause calcium carbonate to form solid particles within a day, reducing the benefit the process is meant to deliver.…
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A study in Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association describes a 10-meter marine reptile skeleton from Rutland Water Nature Reserve as the largest ichthyosaur skeleton ever found in the UK. The fossil, nicknamed the Rutland Sea Dragon, was discovered in Jurassic clay after routine conservation work exposed bones on a drained lagoon island. The find gives…
A study in the Journal of Animal Ecology warns that released goldfish can rapidly damage freshwater ecosystems, with effects that reach from murky water to shrinking populations of small aquatic animals. The research, led by scientists affiliated with The University of Toledo and the University of Missouri, tested how goldfish behaved in experimental lake environments…
A 2026 study in Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria has turned one accidental catch into a renewed scientific search for one of the Mediterranean Sea’s most elusive predators. Researchers used the capture of a juvenile great white shark off Spain to revisit records stretching from 1862 to 2023, building a long view of a population that…
