Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
Tiny tubeworms, big warnings: life-history clues in changing estuaries
If you want to know how an ecosystem is faring, look to its smallest residents. In estuarine and coastal habitats, where life can be tough, marine tubeworms are revealing more than just their presence. They may be offering early warnings that a habitat is heading towards collapse.
Behind the Paper: How the Red Sea dried up and flooded back
The Red Sea underwent complete desiccation prior to the Messinian Salinity Crisis, but this event ended rapidly about 6.2 million years ago as a result of a catastrophic flood from the Gulf of Aden according to an analysis of seismic data, biostratigraphy, and strontium isotope dating.
The South American Microbiome Archive
South America hosts some of the world’s most biodiverse gut microbiomes, yet remains largely understudied. We built the largest collection of South American gut microbiomes to better understand this diversity and guide future sampling efforts. See what we found and why it matters.
