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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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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 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 musical production illuminates family relationships, immigrant storiesArizona State University’s Music Theatre and Opera program will present the Arizona premiere of “Miss You Like Hell” on Nov. 17–19. The musical follows an imaginative teenage girl who embarks on a cross-country road trip with her free-spirited mother, who is an… |
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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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Innovating how industries manufacture everyday productsEveryday products could be lighter, cheaper and last longer if the research Xiangjia “Cindy” Li is working on succeeds. Li — an assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the… |
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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… |
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Professor explores African Americans’ role in social workBefore professional social workers began serving the underserved, African Americans relied on a sustained tradition of self-help and mutual aid. They had to, said Justin Harty, an assistant professor in the… |
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Desert oceanographer explores tiniest of ocean plants as nature’s carbon 'pumps'While millions of travelers will frolic on the beach during their summer vacations, most are blissfully unaware of the billions of microscopic plants making ocean life — and our lives — possible. These microscopic creatures, known as phytoplankton, not only help… |
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Did 'Soylent Green' get 2022 right?Spoiler alert: In the final scene of the 1973 movie “Soylent Green” actor Charlton Heston, who plays detective Frank Thorn, is being led off on a stretcher following a gun battle when he desperately reveals the secret he wants the world to know: The nutritious wafer… |