…their functioning. Depending on the amount of available light, corals adjust the shape of their colonies to extract energy from it as efficiently as possible. A vivid example of this phenomenon is displayed by representatives of the genus Porities, which develop platy colonies in low-light conditions, while when light is abundant their colonies have a branching shape. Interestingly, intermediate forms with a flat colony base and branches growing…

…on, supported by the UN Environmental Programme and key higher education organisations around the world.   During this year’s edition 93 finalists from 25 countries were selected. The prize is awarded in eight categories. The UW’s project was placed in the category Creating Impact.   Green Thinking Matter Now! is the University of Warsaw’s initiative to connect academics, students, business, authorities and NGOs around climate change and sustainab…

…o started an online donation platform https://eskarbonka.wosp.org.pl.   Bidding began with the closing date 30th January. The one and only auction “Prowadzenie programu Alternator w Radiu Kampus” (“Hosting the ‘Alternator’ programme on the Kampus Radio”) is ending on 2nd February.  …

…f African Archaeology (2022), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/21915784-bja10016…

…, Hugues Sana, Laurent Mahy, Kareem El-Badry, Pablo Marchant, Norbert Langer, Calum Hawcroft, Matthias Fabry, Koushik Sen, Leonardo A. Almeida, Michael Abdul-Masih, Julia Bodensteiner, Paul Crowther, Mark Gieles, Mariusz Gromadzki, Vincent Hénault-Brunet, Artemio Herrero, Alex de Koter, Patryk Iwanek, Szymon Kozłowski, Danny J. Lennon, Jesús Maíz Apellániz, Przemysław Mróz, Anthony F. J. Moffat, Annachiara Picco, Paweł Pietrukowicz, Radosław Poles…

…lobal scales to help illuminate possible within-sample and among-sample abundance patterns. The highest percentage of species rare within samples is in Africa (38%) and South America (37%) while in North America (17%) and Eurasia (24%) it is the lowest. It is important to notice that our data do not mean that one-third of all species occur only once or twice in nature; instead, their rarity in our dataset suggests their rarity in nature but with u…

…to reach by 2027. We do not expect Starlink satellites to affect non-twilight images, but if the satellite constellations of other companies go into higher orbits, this could cause problems for non-twilight observations,” Dr Mróz said. An asteroid behind a satellite streak Yet despite the increase in image streaks, the new report notes that ZTF science operations have not been strongly affected yet. Study co-author Tom Prince, the Ira S. Bowen Pr…

…. Since conodonts’ teeth are highly diverse in shape, from simple cone- to complex platform-like morphologies, which indicate different feeding strategies, we posed a question: did the appearance of hard teeth lead to the rise of predators?”, explained Isabella Leonhard.   Using synchrotron X-ray tomography, high-resolution scanning electron microscopy and chemical analysis, the team focused on the simplest, most primitive forms of conodonts – sha…

…Run O3b, https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.03608 GWTC-3 release: https://www.gw-openscience.org/GWTC-3/…

…. Phil Alderslade (CSIRO, Hobart), a specialist on extant octocorals, and Dr. Emilia Jarochowska (Friedrich-Aleksanders Universitat, Erlangen) were also involved in this study.   Publication details: Berkowski B., Zapalski M.K., Jarochowska E., Alderslade P. (2021). “Early development and coloniality in Oligophylloides from the Devonian of Morocco—Are Heterocorallia Palaeozoic octocorals?”, “PLOS ONE”, 16(9): e0257523. https://doi.org/10.1371/jour…