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COVID-19 showed us how useful monitoring wastewater can be. But the genetic material in our wastewater, namely DNA and RNA, is a treasure trove of other useful information. It reveals the presence of ...

A coral reef in Honolulu, Hawaii. Half of global coral coverage has disappeared since the 1950s. Donald Miralle via Getty Images Imagining a coral reef might bring to mind scenes teeming with fish, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. With the help of the public, scientists mapped microbial life across 90% of U.S. watersheds by analyzing genetic data from approximately 100 rivers ...