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American lobster reared for 60 days at normal levels of CO2 (left) and under high levels of CO2 (2850 ppm). “There is no magic formula to predict how different species will respond, but one thing you can be sure of is that ecosystems as a whole will change because of these varied individual responses,” Justin Ries predicts. (Credit: Justin Ries/UNC-Chapel Hill)
UNC CHAPEL HILL (US)—As the world’s seawater becomes more acidic due to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide, some—but not all—shelled marine creatures may become bigger and stronger, according to a new study. Continue…
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Mummy’s curse: hardened arteries
UC IRVINE (US)—Hardening of the arteries has been detected in both male and female Egyptian mummies as old as 3,500 years, suggesting that factors causing heart attacks and strokes are not solely byproducts of modern times. (more…)
