Behaviour and sun exposure in holidaymakers alters skin microbiota composition and diversity
IntroductionHigh doses of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) are associated with acute and chronic reductions in skin health, including damage to DNA in skin cells, inflammation and photoageing (Lee et al., 2020; Raimondi et al., 2020). Chronic…
Ocean microbes get their diet through a surprising mix of sources, study finds
One of the smallest and mightiest organisms on the planet is a plant-like bacterium known to marine biologists as Prochlorococcus. The green-tinted microbe measures less than a micron across, and its populations…
EPA announces 3 Pollution Prevention Award winners in Pacific Northwest | US EPA
September 20, 2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced three Pacific Northwest companies as winners of the 2023 Regional Pollution Prevention Recognition…
Twenty Years Ago, Isabel Punched Above Its Weight – North Carolina State Climate Office
Hurricanes and the Outer Banks go together like cats and mice. It’s not exactly a productive pairing for one of them, but it’s also hard to imagine life any other way.
But for decades, it seemed, there was an uneasy and perhaps…
Improving Monitoring of Coastal Inundations of Sargassum with Wind and Citizen Science Data
In a new study, scientists from NOAA, University of South Florida, Florida International University, University of Miami, and LGL Ecological Associates, compared wind information alongside Sargassum Inundation Risk (SIR) maps…
ROSES 2023: E.8 Physical Sciences Informatics
Funding Opportunity ID: 350220Opportunity Number: NNH23ZDA001N-PSIOpportunity Title:ROSES 2023: E.8 Physical Sciences InformaticsOpportunity Category:DiscretionaryOpportunity Category Explanation:Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative…
Social network analysis of EU flood risk management plans: Case Finland
This study analyzes the actor networks unfolding from flood risk management plans to visualize the diversity of roles and connections between actors participating in flood risk management measures.