Tag: University of Melbourne

The temperature on the Great Barrier Reef is 400 years high

A study by University of Melbourne has found that theCoral Sea, which is part of the Great Barrier Reef, is at high surface temperature during the January through March 2016 peak. The study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, found that the Coral Sea’s surface temperature during this period reached an average of 1.73 C above the 1618–1899 average.

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There are different types of memories in the human upper airway

Evidence of an “arsenal” of immune cells capable of fighting off respiratory infections can be reliably detected in the upper airways of young adults and older people, said researchers from the University of Melbourne in Australia. The structures act as a training camp for the B cells, which are the primary cause of the immune system’s weakness.

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