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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 16-Dec-2025 17:11 ET (16-Dec-2025 22:11 GMT/UTC)

1-Jul-2025

Restoring kelp forests by culling sea urchins makes financial and ecological sense: study

RMIT University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Restoring underwater kelp forests by culling overgrazing sea urchins would deliver significant financial benefits, a new study has found.

Journal: Ecosystem Services
Funder: State Government of Victoria

1-Jul-2025

ECMWF - delivering forecasts over 10 times faster and cutting energy usage by 1000

ECMWF
Business Announcement

First openly available ensemble model using Artificial Intelligence goes live - delivering forecasts over 10 times faster and cutting energy usage by 1000

1-Jul-2025

Climate change alters distribution of sea life

Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST, President Hyi Seung Lee) established, through genetic connectivity analysis, that a northward shift in the habitat of Turbo sazae, from the southern coast to the eastern coast of Korea, is closely related to rising sea temperatures caused by climate change. The research findings were published in an international academic journal.

Journal: Animals

30-Jun-2025

Harnessing clean energy from the sun and deep space: A breakthrough in thermoelectric generators

FAR Publishing Limited

A new review highlights advancements in thermoelectric generators (TEGs) that use solar energy and radiative cooling to produce clean electricity. This breakthrough technology shows promise for off-grid power solutions and sustainable energy applications.

Journal: Energy Engineering
Funder: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme sponsored by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong and the National Natural Science Foundation of China

30-Jun-2025

Southern Ocean saltier, hotter and losing ice fast as decades-long trend unexpectedly reverses

University of Southampton
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have discovered a dramatic and unexpected shift in the Southern Ocean, with surface water salinity rising and sea ice in steep decline.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

30-Jun-2025

Montana State geologist’s Antarctic research focuses on accumulations of rare earth elements

Montana State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Zachary Burton’s recent paper describes how critical minerals mobilize and accumulate in cold, arid environments.

Journal: Cold Regions Science and Technology

30-Jun-2025

Where there’s fire, there’s smoke

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new online platform, SMRT-Flames, can identify areas in need of land management in order to reduce future smoke exposures from uncontrolled fires. While most wildfire tools predict fire risk, SMRT-Flames explicitly considers smoke exposure across populations

Journal: Environmental Science & Technology