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Can Coral Reefs Escape to the Deep?

Many of the harms done by climate change and overfishing are worst near the surface. Could coral reefs relocate deeper to escape them?

Are you wondering how climate change is impacting coral reefs around the world? This roundup of articles will answer your questions.

Environment

Although the Labor Day wildfires of the Cascade Mountains in 2020 were devastating, they actually fit into the ecosystem’s long-term patterns.

Biology Zoology

Have you ever wondered how you brain interprets smells? How about how the the brain of a tiny fruit fly interprets smells? Wonder no longer!

Anorexia’s connection to dopamine and serotonin is the focus of a new study on how brain signals affect eating behaviors.

Neuroscience

Research on mice suggests people infected with COVID-19 may be at increased risk of Parkinson’s disease long after the infection has cleared.

The beloved American pika is losing its habitat. These little animals could loose 75 percent of their range quite soon to climate change.

Coral reefs are in trouble around the world with one possible exception. This coral species appears to be making the best of a bad situation.

Check out our editor’s list of fun and easy projects to do this summer. Project results benefiting humans, ants, and more.

Why do people shake hands? A Weizmann Institute study suggests one of the reasons for handshakes may be to discretely sniff each other.