Tag Archives: Ecosystems

Something may be stirring in the world’s largest oceanic current. New research suggests that this vast conveyor belt of cold water around the South Pole could shift its location over the coming centuries, if not millennia, potentially reshaping the planet’s climate and ecosystems. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is a vast current of cold seawater that flows clockwise from west …

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A newly released study in the Journal of Hymenoptera Research has confirmed the first official sightings of Bootanomyia dorsalis—a European parasitic wasp—in both the eastern and western United States, raising concerns about ecological balance and species disruption. Researchers have confirmed that Bootanomyia dorsalis, a wasp species previously unseen in North America, is now causing alarm among scientists for its potential …

A new discovery in one of the most remote and extreme parts of the ocean is challenging our understanding of life at incredible depths. Deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, at nearly 8,000 meters, scientists have found an organism that defies expectations. For decades, this dark and hostile environment was thought to harbor only scavengers, but recent findings suggest there is …