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An international team of marine biologists has discovered the remnants of ancient RNA viruses embedded in the DNA of symbiotic organisms living inside reef-building corals.

The importance of mangrove forests in Belize for carbon sequestration, tourism, fisheries, and coastal protection is quantified using a novel technique, and the values are then used to focus on conservation and restoration.

A team of worldwide researchers is encouraging the international community to recognize the full environmental and health harm posed by plastics and designate them as persistent, bio-accumulative, and toxic (PBT) pollutants.

Scientists have been worried about the potential harms of microplastics for years. These small plastic particles less than 5 mm in length have been found everywhere because of plastic pollution - from the Earth's deep oceans to remote regions in Antarctica, and even the seafood we eat. But, are microplastics really harmful?

A Michigan Medicine-led study finds that stressors across the lifespan -; including poverty, abuse and divorce -; are associated with worsening health and functional outcomes for people with multiple sclerosis.

Recent research looks into the importance of successful capital markets in climate protection and energy transition.

According to a recent study headed by a UCL researcher, climate change is likely to rapidly push species beyond tipping points as their geographic ranges reach unanticipated temperatures.

Around the world, at least 2 billion people regularly consume water tainted with pathogenic bacteria.

Technological solutions could assist in decreasing waitlists and disparities in access to therapy having sparse clinical resources that are incapable to keep pace with high rates of mental illness.

Chemists from the University of Kansas and the US Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have made significant progress in splitting hydrogen and oxygen molecules to produce pure hydrogen without the use of fossil fuels.