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ASU researchers make breakthroughs in ocean sensing technologyA recent article on industryeurope.net featured the work of ASU researcher Cody Youngbull, who has spent years working with a team at the Biodesign Institute to develop Sensorbots: small, transparent spherical devices that measure underwater environmental events and… |
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Sea surface temperature has a big impact on coral outplant survivalGlobal average sea surface temperatures have risen at unprecedented rates for the past three decades, with far-reaching consequences for coral reefs. Today, the majority of coral reefs are surviving at their upper thermal limit and an increase in just one degree… |
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ASU celebrates this year's Sun Devil Giving Day impactArizona State University celebrates another successful Sun Devil Giving Day thanks to the support of donors who raised more than $1 million this… |
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Hawaiian cousins say aloha to their first year as Sun DevilsAloha. It’s the Hawaiian word for love, affection, peace, compassion and mercy. It’s usually used as a greeting, but to native Hawaiians it has a deeper cultural and spiritual significance. In that context it’s used to describe a force that holds together existence. … |
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100 years of DisneyThe Walt Disney Company has endured the Great Depression, a world war, the rise and fall of VHS, the acquisition of Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm, and the switch to streaming — and still managed to stay on top for nearly a century. This October, the mass… |
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Saving oceans from the skyUntil recently, if you wanted to make a map of a coral reef, you had a lot of options, all of them bad. That’s changing, thanks to a pair of recent additions to Arizona State University’s faculty. |
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Ancient microbes responsible for breathing life into ocean 'deserts'More than two and a half billion years ago, Earth differed greatly from our modern environment, specifically in respect to the composition of gases in the atmosphere and the nature of the life forms inhabiting its surface. While today’s atmosphere consists of about 21… |
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Fixing the plastic problemEditor's note: This story originally appeared in the winter 2024 issue of ASU Thrive magazine. When Tyler… |
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Born into teaching, compelled by musicEditor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2018 commencement. Lora Eger never questioned what she… |
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Illustrating the dance of the EarthMoist air rises from the Amazon river basin, colliding with Saharan dust blown over the Atlantic. Temperatures rise in the ocean around the Azores. Winds circle faster and faster, whipping the sea into a frenzy of cresting swells. Chunks of ice the size of buildings… |