Tag archives for ecosystem
Tariffs on Penguin Island?
On April 2, the Trump administration shocked the world by announcing a sweeping array of tariffs on US trade partners—most surprising of all, on a group of islands mainly...
Rewriting Nature: The Environmental Impacts of CRISPR/Cas9
CRISPR/Cas9 is a new technological advancement that has turned decades of “what ifs” into possible avenues of science. In 2020, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna were awarded the Nobel...
Beaver Achievers from Prague to Chicago
Beavers are the brilliant, buck-toothed builders of the natural world, and their ability to create dams is a powerful driving force in freshwater landscapes across the Northern Hemisphere. The...
World’s Largest Coral Discovered!
It’s older than the United States… it’s so huge it’s visible from space… and it’s alive! Scientists have discovered the world’s largest coral in the southwest Pacific Ocean, and...