Canada moves to protect coral reef that scientists say ‘shouldn’t exist’
Discovery was made after First Nations tipped off ecologists about groups of fish gathering in a fjord off British ColumbiaDeep in the hostile waters off Canada ’s west coast, in a narrow channel surrounded by fjords, lies a coral reef that scientists believe “shouldn’t exist”. The reef is the northernmost ever discovered in the Pacific Ocean and offers researchers a new glimpse into the resilience – and unpredictability – of the deep-sea ecosys tems.For generations, members of theKitasoo Xai ’xais and Heiltsuk First Nations, two communities off the Central Coast region of British Columbia, had noticed large ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 15, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Leyland Cecco in Toronto Tags: Coral Canada Indigenous peoples Marine life Environment Oceans Biology Science Americas Source Type: news
‘We’re hurting.’ Trans scientists call for recognition and support from research community
Twenty-four scientists from around the globe—all of whom either identify as trans or have trans family members—have an urgent message for the scientific community: Sexual and gender minorities in science fields
face various systemic barriers, and all members of the research community must strive to address them
, the group writes today in
Cell
.
“It will be tempting for people with prejudices—unexamined or not—toward trans people to dismiss this piece as ‘woke,’” says author Fátima Sancheznieto (she/her/ella), a biomedical and social scientist at the University of Wisconsin...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 14, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
The chef at London's Chishuru just won her first Michelin star. She started with a competition to open a pop-up restaurant
Joké Bakare in her restaurant Chishuru in central London. Chishuru Joké Bakare once ran a fish & chip cart as a student in Nigeria. After moving to the UK and working in property, she eventually pursued her dream of opening a restaurant. Bakare runs Chishuru and just became the UK's first Black…#chishuru #jokébakare #nigeria #bakare #kaduna #brixtonvillage #jayrayner #brixton #mattpaice #harrietlangford (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
US Great Lakes ice hits record low: What does that mean for the world ’s largest freshwater system?
The lakes hit their lowest ice cover in over 50 years last month, with experts warning that toxic algal blooms and lower fish stocks could follow. Biologists have been keeping tabs on a remote Lake Superior island's fragile wolf population every winter since 1958. But they had to cut this season's…#biologists #lakesuperior #greatlakes #tristavickmajors #michigantech #midwest #wisconsin #ice #greatlakesicetracker #iceless (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The " shocking " tactic electric fish use to collectively sense the world
Neuroscientist Nathan Sawtell has spent a lot of time studying the electric elephantnose fish. These fish send and decipher weak electric signals, which Sawtell hopes will eventually help neuroscientists better understand how the brain filters sensory information about the outside world. As Sawtell has studied these electric critters, he's had a lingering question: why do they always seem to organize themselves in a particular orientation. At first, he couldn't figure out why, but a new study released this week in Nature may have an answer: the fish are creating an electrical network larger than any field a single fish can...
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Regina G. Barber Source Type: news
This week in science: shared rhythm, electric fish and a methane-tracking satellite
NPR ' s Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Anil Oza about rhythms and the brain, how electric fish sense their environment, and a new methane-detecting satellite. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fewer fish and more algae? Scientists seek to understand impacts of historic lack of Great Lakes ice
An unusually warm winter has left the Great Lakes all but devoid of ice and sent scientists scrambling to understand the possible consequences as climate change accelerates.#greatlakes (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Short Sleep Ups Type 2 Diabetes Risk, Even With Healthy Diet Short Sleep Ups Type 2 Diabetes Risk, Even With Healthy Diet
Getting fewer than 6 hours of sleep a night increased the risk compared with 8 hours or more, and eating less red meat and more fish, fruits, and vegetables did not change that.Medscape News UK (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - March 6, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Internal Medicine Source Type: news
7 Cheap Dividend Stocks to Roll the Dice With
If passive income is the equivalent of sushi, then cheap dividend stocks – if you’re not careful – is the equivalent of sushi bought at a gas station. Here’s what I mean. Many folks may be squeamish about the idea of eating raw fish. So, when eating sushi, it pays to eat from professionals who…#eatingsushi #stwd #starwood #anglogoldashanti #africa #federalreserve #stamford #connecticut #tronox #tronoxs (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Wegmans Stole Small Business Owner's Japanese Fish Market Concept, Lawsuit Claims
Seafood entrepreneur Yuji Haraguchi says the grocer infringed on his common law trademark.#seafood #yujiharaguchi (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Surrealism Is 100. The World ’s Still Surreal
This is not an article. It’s a fish in the shape of a piano, floating in a clear blue sky, seen through a keyhole. Surrealism, the art movement that gave us disembodied eyeballs, melting clocks and animals with mismatched parts, was born in 1924 when the French poet André Breton published a…#surrealism #andrébreton #surrealistmanifesto (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
One of world ’s smallest fish found to make sounds that exceed 140 decibels – video
One of the world ’s smallest fish, measuring about the width of an adult human fingernail, can make a sound as loud as a gunshot, scientists have found. The maleDanionella cerebrum, a fish of about 12mm found in the streams of Myanmar, produces sounds that exceed 140 decibels, according to a studypublished in the PNAS journal, equivalent to an ambulance siren or a pneumatic drillOne of world ’s smallest fish found to make sound as loud as a gunshotContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 27, 2024 Category: Science Tags: Animal behaviour Fish Marine life Wildlife Biology Source Type: news
One of world ’s smallest fish found to make sound as loud as a gunshot
Scientists discover howDanionella cerebrum, measuring width of adult human fingernail, can create noises exceeding 140 decibelsOne of the world ’s smallest fish, measuring about the width of an adult human fingernail, can make a sound as loud as a gunshot, scientists have said.The maleDanionella cerebrum, a fish of about 12mm found in the streams of Myanmar, produces sounds that exceed 140 decibels, according to the studypublished in the PNAS journal, equal to an ambulance siren or jackhammer.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 27, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Jamie Grierson Tags: Animal behaviour Fish Environment Marine life Wildlife Biology Science World news Source Type: news
Watch a marlin flash bright stripes before a deadly strike
With their spearlike noses, high-speeds, and group attacks, striped marlin (
Kajikia audax
) are fearsome predators of sardines and other small fish. But how do they avoid impaling one another during these mêlées?
New drone footage may provide the answer. As seen above, right before a marlin attacks a school of sardines, it changes color,
dialing up the contrast of the stripes along its body
. Additional recordings, reported today in
Current Biology
, showed the same thing: Ten seconds before it charges, a marlin “turns on” its stripes, as the researchers put it. Then, when the att...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 26, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
‘Poisoned by chemicals’: citizen scientists prove River Avon is polluted
Charity says the decline of invertebrates linked to chemicals in water while Environment Agency said Wiltshire river had not deterioratedA citizen science programme has revealed the decline of one of thecountry ’s most significant chalk streamsafter claims by Environment Agency officials that it had not deteriorated. The SmartRivers programme run by the charity WildFish, which surveys freshwater invertebrates, reported “strong declines in relation to chemical pressure” on the River Avon in Wiltshire. It said its data indicated a decline in the condition of the river over the last five years.The charity compiled a rep...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 24, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Jon Ungoed-Thomas Tags: Pollution Rivers Environment Agency Science Fish UK news Conservation Source Type: news
