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Advancing environmental justice by making fisheries more equitableGrowing up in Arizona, Gabrielle “Gabby” Lout was fascinated with the ocean. “Not having the ocean right in my… |
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Bridging the world through weatherBefore the League of Nations and the United Nations, it’s a little-known fact that advanced scientific cooperation on a global scale had already commenced. The issue that brought nations together: weather. This year, the World Meteorological… |
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ASU working to save Hawaiian coral reefs during onset of new ocean heat waveEditor's note: Be sure to check back on ASU Now for this developing story, and the website Hawaiicoral.org as we provide further updates. Or follow us on social media:… |
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ASU grad student leads study estimating oxygen loss in ancient oceanA loss of oxygen in global ocean seawater 94 million years ago led to a mass extinction of marine life that lasted for roughly half a million years. Scientists have found several potential explanations for how the loss of oxygen happened. These could include… |
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Magma ocean may be responsible for the moon’s early magnetic fieldAround four billion years ago, the moon had a magnetic field that was about as strong as Earth’s magnetic field is today. How the moon, with a much smaller core than Earth’s, could have had such a strong magnetic field has been an unsolved problem in the history of the… |
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ASU Cronkite School staff member inducted into Rhode Island Journalism Hall of FameWalter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication staff member Karen Bordeleau has been inducted into the Rhode Island Journalism Hall of Fame in recognition of a career that has spanned more than four… |
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ASU researchers study largest impact crater in the US, buried for 35 million yearsAbout 35 million years ago, an asteroid hit the ocean off the East Coast of North America. Its impact formed a 25-mile diameter crater that now lies buried beneath the Chesapeake Bay, an estuary in Virginia and Maryland. From this impact, the nearby area experienced… |
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Climate activism at The CollegeIn honor of Earth Month, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University is highlighting work throughout its academic units and centers that addresses climate change from multiple perspectives. Scholars in the humanities, natural sciences… |
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A space launch 12 years in the makingEditor’s note: This story is featured in the 2023 year in review.… |
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Ancient rocks provide clues to Earth’s early historyOxygen in the form of the oxygen molecule (O2), produced by plants and vital for animals, is thankfully abundant in Earth’s atmosphere and oceans. Researchers studying the history of O2 on Earth, however, know that it was relatively scarce for much of our planet’s 4.6… |