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Dark sky preservation endeavor stepped up in coastal city
1 year, 7 months ago

Dark sky preservation endeavor stepped up in coastal city

China Daily  

Stars glitter in the sky above Xichong Community in Dapeng New Area, Shenzhen, Guangdong province. He became more optimistic about the future in April, when the community was certified by the International Dark Sky Association, or IDA, as an International Dark Sky Community, or IDSC — the first of its kind in China and only the second in Asia after …

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Experts grow sea stars in lab to understand mass die-off along Pacific Coast
1 year, 10 months ago

Experts grow sea stars in lab to understand mass die-off along Pacific Coast

The Hindu  

A few hours from Seattle at a location that can only be reached by boat, marine scientists at University of Washington's Friday Harbor lab are breeding and studying endangered sunflower sea stars following a massive die-off over the past decade. "There's some indication that disease might have been related to some warmer waters around that time," said Friday Harbor Marine …

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Scientists call for action to help sunflower sea stars
2 years, 1 month ago

Scientists call for action to help sunflower sea stars

Hindustan Times  

Scientists along the West Coast are calling for action to help sunflower sea stars, among the largest sea stars in the world, recover from catastrophic population declines. The sea star wasting disease is estimated to have killed over 5.75 billion sunflower sea stars, according to the document. Experts say a sea star wasting disease epidemic that began in 2013 has …

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World Environment Day: The creatures of intertidal zones
2 years, 7 months ago

World Environment Day: The creatures of intertidal zones

Live Mint  

Do marine animals have superpowers? If you look at the intertidal zone—where the ocean meets the land between high and low tides—through Sejal Mehta’s new book, Super Powers On The Shore, you might actually be convinced that they do. Mehta, a journalist and editor, has brought her experiences and observations from tide-pooling trails and walks along different intertidal zones in …

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Tractors seeding crops in WA's Wongan Hills blend with the stars from the night sky
2 years, 7 months ago

Tractors seeding crops in WA's Wongan Hills blend with the stars from the night sky

ABC  

When Virgin Australia pilot Kris Parnell was stood down at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, he headed out to Western Australia's wheatbelt to help at the family's tree nursery and drive harvesters for a season. Key points: Pilot Kris Parnell drove headers in WA's Wheatbelt when he was stood down during the Covid pandemic He's now back in the …

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Scientists are breeding sea stars to save warming oceans
3 years, 8 months ago

Scientists are breeding sea stars to save warming oceans

Live Mint  

In an island laboratory off the coast of Washington State, scientists are bringing back to life a gorgeously ferocious predator that suddenly perished amid a climate change-driven marine heat wave seven years ago. With the species functionally extinct in California, seaweed-eating purple urchins have proliferated, devouring bull kelp forests along a 200 mile stretch of the north coast where the …

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Massive Starfish Die-Off Is Tied To Global Warming
5 years, 11 months ago

Massive Starfish Die-Off Is Tied To Global Warming

NPR  

Massive Starfish Die-Off Is Tied To Global Warming Enlarge this image toggle caption Ed Gullekson/Science Advances Ed Gullekson/Science Advances The skin lesions are the first sign that something is wrong. Since 2013, sea star wasting disease has killed so many starfish along the Pacific Coast that scientists say it's the largest disease epidemic ever observed in wild marine animals. He …

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