Brain Post: Scientists Discover First Living Creature Without the Need to Breathe The most vital resource for any creature’s survival is oxygen. However, scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery supporting evidence that not all living beings need oxygen to exist. The microscopic salmon parasite, known as the Henneguya Salminicola, is the only known animal that does not require aerobic respiration. Containing no mitochondrial genome, the species cannot, even if it wanted to, breathe […] Brains Emily Crofton | February 28, 2020 3 Comments
Five Years After The Fukushima Disaster And The Pacific Ocean Isn’t A Dead Zone According to the Annual Review of Marine Sciences, when the Tohoku tsunami struck Japan in March 2011, large amounts of radioactive material was vented from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors. 80% of that radioactive material was thought to have fallen in the ocean along with more being washed in that initially landed on land. The main source of radiation released […] Industry News Chris Wallner | July 19, 2016 0 Comments
NOAA: El Nino Has Killed “The Blob” and the “Ridiculously Resilient Ridge” According to Earth Observatory, an unusually strong and persistent ridge of atmospheric high pressure emerged in the northeastern Pacific Ocean in 2013/14 – they named it the “Ridiculously Resilient Ridge” (RRR). This unusual ridge shutdown winds which stopped ocean upwelling, so no deep, cool water up came to the surface, which led to unusually warm surface water in that area of the […] Weather Chris Wallner | February 18, 2016 1 Comment
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