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Tag: sponges

Deep Sea Mining Could Bring Havoc to the Ocean Floor
Conservation

Deep Sea Mining Could Bring Havoc to the Ocean Floor

A new study finds that deep-sea mining could significantly decrease the biodiversity of the deep sea. It turns out that…
June 18, 2021 Pablo Brenes Coto
Follow the breadcrumbs: Sponges show how some animals clean up viruses
Biology

Follow the breadcrumbs: Sponges show how some animals clean up viruses

These days, hunkered down in our homes (if we are lucky) and washing our hands till they’re raw, it can…
April 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Kristin Huizenga
Could sponges replace expensive ocean tech?
Methodology

Could sponges replace expensive ocean tech?

The ocean is a big place and trying to study all of the animals living there can take a lot…
September 10, 2019September 9, 2019 Ashley Marranzino
Biochemistry Chemistry Genetics

Pollutants produced by poriferans: using genetics to fill in blanks about sponge chemical production

Although its easy to mistake a sponge for a furry looking rock, these invertebrates and the microbes that inhabit them…
April 14, 2017April 20, 2017 Anna Robuck
Climate Change

The barrels of the sea; giant barrel sponges that is

Giant barrel sponges are understudied compared to many other marine organisms, but that doesn’t make them any less important. Climate…
September 10, 2015 Valeska Upham

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