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by Colleen Long In this April 29, 2018 photo, a flag and an obelisk mark the Civil War memorial on Hart Island in New York. Over the decades, Hart Island housed a Civil War prison, an asylum, a tuberculosis hospital, a jail and a missile base. Storms and the tides are unearthing the...
aStrategy to test the impact of GSK-3 inhibition on Xist RNA coating in mEpiSCs.bRepresentative RNA FISH images of colonies with high, intermediate, and low percentage of Xist RNA coating (green). Nuclei are stained blue with DAPI. At least ten nuclei were counted per colony in mEpiSC RNA...
Digital Vision./Digital Vision/Getty Images Over time, wind and water transport soil from one place to another, redistributing nutrients and organic material and reshaping the landscape. Extra-heavy rains, high winds, drought, rivers overflowing their banks and powerful ocean storms can permanently a...
Henrik Karlsson/Getty Images Alligators and crocodiles are perhaps the most fearsome and prehistoric of all the animals that share the planet with humans. The jaws of the American alligator can chomp with up to 3,000 pounds of force, outclassed only by its cousinthe saltwater crocodile, which ...
A sea otter basks in the water with some kelp. Sea otter populations plummeted as they were killed for their pelts in the 18th and 19th centuries.Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Sea otters have been returning to California’s Monterey Bay after humans drove ...
To save the town of Tangier, a seawall was build in 1990, however the Uppards, long since abandoned by humans because of flooding and erosion, still needs structures to keep the remaining marshes from disappearing into the bay. If no structures are built, It is predicted that the entire ...
The selection of these images was contingent upon mitigating the constraints associated with visible cloud cover, and they have been organized in a chronological sequence. Each satellite image prominently displays its acquisition date in the upper right-hand corner....
Coastal ecosystems nearby human societies collectively shape complex social-ecological systems (SESs). These ecosystems support high levels of ecological biodiversity while providing resources and services to humans. However, shoreline armoring, land tra
Today, the exact magnitude of the future increase in greenhouse gas concentrations remains unknown. This is partly due to the fact thatcarbon dioxideis not only produced by humans burning gas, coal and oil; it can also find its way into the atmosphere as a result of natural environmental proc...