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Plastic trash altering ocean habitats, Scripps study shows

A 100-fold upsurge in human-produced plastic garbage in the ocean is altering habitats in the marine environment, according to a new study led by a graduate…

TDRS-4 Mission Complete; Spacecraft Retired From Active Service

Launched on March 13, 1989, from onboard Space Shuttle Discovery, TDRS-4 operated in geosynchronous (GEO) altitude at more than 22,000 miles above the Atlantic…

70 percent of beaches eroding on Hawaiian islands Kauai, Oahu, and Maui

Scientists from the USGS and the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at UH studied more than 150 miles of island coastline (essentially…

First-of-its-Kind Study Reveals Surprising Ecological Effects of 2010 Chile Earthquake

The reappearance of long-forgotten habitats and the resurgence of species unseen for years may not be among the expected effects of a natural disaster.Yet…

Study finds stream temperatures don't parallel warming climate trend

Several factors may influence the discrepancy, researchers say, including snowmelt, interaction with groundwater, flow and discharge rates, solar radiation,…

Pacific islands may become refuge for corals in a warming climate, study finds

But a new study shows that climate change could cause ocean currents to operate in a surprising way and mitigate the warming near a handful of islands right on…

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