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Scientists invent underwater umbrellas to protect coral reefs

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-10-02 Cached

Researchers deployed "underwater umbrellas" over coral colonies in the Florida Keys and found they reduced light exposure by 60%, lessening bleaching and even helping some corals regain color, according to a study in Frontiers in Marine Science.

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Oxygen-deprived underwater zones may not be "dead zones" but clue to early life

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-10-01

Oxygen-deprived underwater zones, often dismissed as "dead zones," may actually hold clues to the conditions that allowed early life to emerge, according to new research.

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A dolphin named Bubbles makes other fish vomit, then eats it

Ars Technica ↗ · 2026-09-17 Cached

This article reports on a study where a dolphin named Bubbles developed a unique foraging strategy by using echolocation to target fish, inducing them to vomit, and consuming the regurgitated food.

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