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Researchers at the Center for Marine Debris Research at HawaiĘ»i Pacific University have presented early results showing that discarded fishing nets and household plastic waste can be blended into asphalt roads in Hawaii. The work, described in an ACS announcement, suggests that recycled plastic pavement can perform as a practical destination for waste already accumulating…
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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…
A study in Proceedings of the Royal Society B has found that sperm whales in the Mediterranean Sea appear to be splitting into two vocal dialect groups, offering a rare view of culture changing in a wild animal population. The study analyzed nearly two decades of underwater recordings from an endangered, isolated group of whales…
