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Microplastics in the ocean: biologists study effects on marine animals

The study marks the launch of a series of investigations aimed at forming a risk matrix on the sensitivity of different marine species to microplastic…

Biologist Reveals How Whales May ‘Sing’ for Their Supper

Susan Parks, assistant professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, in collaboration with a consortium of other researchers, has been studying…

More ice in a warming world

In September 2014, Antarctic sea ice covered more than 20 million square kilometers for the first time since the beginning of continuous satellite measurements…

Past Global Warming Similar to Today's

The rate at which carbon emissions warmed Earth’s climate almost 56 million years ago resembles modern, human-caused global warming much more than previously…

Warmer Pacific Ocean Could Release Millions of Tons of Seafloor Methane

Researchers found that water off the coast of Washington is gradually warming at a depth of 500 meters, about a third of a mile down. That is the same depth…

No laughing matter: Nitrous oxide rose at end of last ice age

An international team of scientists analyzed air extracted from bubbles enclosed in ancient polar ice from Taylor Glacier in Antarctica, allowing for the…

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