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• Microbial Adaptation to Nutrient Depletion in Warming Oceans Triggers Potent Methane Feedback Loop

  Published: Apr 16, 2026

  Section: Environment

  Researchers at the University of Rochester have identified a microbial process in the open ocean that produces methane under conditions of phosphate scarcity. As climate change inh...

• Researchers Identify "Thinning Gatekeeper" Layer as Primary Driver of Rapid Antarctic Sea Ice Melting

  Published: Mar 18, 2026

  Section: Research

  A study led by the University of Gothenburg has revealed that the sudden 2015 decline in Antarctic sea ice was caused by the thinning of a protective cold-water layer. By utilizing...