NASA/GSFC/Reto Stöckli, Nazmi El Saleous, and Marit Jentoft-Nilsen, Public domain, Earth_from_Space via Wikimedia Commons

Has Earth’s inner core stopped its strange spin?

2/25/2023 - By nature.com Earthquake data hint that the inner core stopped rotating faster than the rest of the planet in 2009, but not all researchers agree. [caption id="attachment_44819" align="alignnone" width="512"] Earth inner core via Wikimedia Commons[/caption] Thousands of kilometers beneath your feet, Earth’s interior might be doing something very weird. Many… SEE MORE
Kelp Tank, Sharon Mollerus, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

What Grows on Kelp? New Research Identifies Microbes to Monitor

12/12/2022 - By fisheries.noaa.gov With a little “kelp” from the non-profit GreenWave, our scientists found no microorganisms that pose food safety concerns on aquacultured sugar kelp during the growing season in Long Island Sound. [caption id="attachment_44168" align="alignnone" width="648"] Sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) blade samples collected from GreenWave’s farm in Groton, Connecticut. Credit:… SEE MORE