From the coast to the deep sea, changing oxygen levels affect marine life in different ways

Marine species respond to ocean deoxygenation in different ways depending on where in the ocean they live.

Marco Fusi, Senior Lecturer in Marine Biology, Newcastle University • conversation
April 23, 2024 • ~7 min

Glowing protein reveals how oxygen moves through brains

"This research demonstrates that we can monitor changes in oxygen concentration continuously and in a wide area of the brain."

Mark Michaud-U. Rochester • futurity
April 1, 2024 • ~8 min

Viagra may help oxygen-starved newborn babies

Viagra may offer a way to treat newborn babies who run out of oxygen during pregnancy or at birth, a new study shows.

McGill University • futurity
Feb. 15, 2024 • ~7 min

Why do people and animals need to breathe? A biologist explains why you need a constant source of oxygen

Inhaling air is how you get the oxygen your body needs to turn your food into energy. Other living things use different strategies.

Christina S. Baer, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, State University of New York • conversation
Feb. 5, 2024 • ~6 min

Is oxygen vital for advanced alien tech?

New research explores the links between atmospheric oxygen and detecting alien technology on distant planets.

Lindsey Valich-Rochester • futurity
Jan. 3, 2024 • ~6 min

A layered lake is a little like Earth’s early oceans − and lets researchers explore how oxygen built up in our atmosphere billions of years ago

An unusual lake with distinct layers of low-oxygen and high-iron water lets researchers investigate conditions like those in the early Earth’s oceans.

Elizabeth Swanner, Associate Professor of Geology, Iowa State University • conversation
Oct. 23, 2023 • ~11 min

NASA: Oxygen-producing Device on Mars Performed above Expectations
VOA Learning English • voa
Sept. 17, 2023 • ~5 min

As climate change warms rivers, they are running out of breath – and so could the plants and animals they harbor

When water warms, it holds less oxygen, and this can harm aquatic life and degrade water quality. A new study finds that climate change is driving oxygen loss in hundreds of US and European rivers.

Li Li (李黎), Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Penn State • conversation
Sept. 14, 2023 • ~6 min

Study rewrites 70-year-old story of life on Earth’s rise

Oxygen didn't cause an explosion of ocean fauna hundreds of millions of years ago. In fact, new research suggests the opposite may be true.

Michael Skov Jensen-Copenhagen • futurity
July 19, 2023 • ~7 min

Why don't rocks burn?

Some rocks will burn, and others will melt, depending on how they were formed and what minerals they contain.

Natalie Bursztyn, Lecturer in Geosciences, University of Montana • conversation
May 15, 2023 • ~6 min

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