Can Google’s page-rank algorithm help save endangered species and ecosystems?
When users seek information from Google, the search engine relies on a proprietary algorithm called PageRank™ to determine the order of the sites that show up in search results. Now, two researchers say a similar algorithm can be used to determine which species are critical to the preservation of ecosystems, allowing scientists to focus conservation [...]
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Excessive Jellyfish Excrement Boosts Bacteria, Stings Fish Populations
June 7th, 2011 |
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Jellyfish blooms might be more than just a nuisance to beach-goers. These explosions of stinging swarms might also be doing some major disruption to marine food webs, according to a study published online June 6 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Warty comb jellies (Mnemiopsis leidyi) and Atlantic stinging sea nettles (Chrysaora quinquecirrha) [...]
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