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Secrets to Southern Ocean’s Critical Role in Slowing Climate Change Revealed
A new paper provides insights on one of the most important factors in the Southern Oceanic carbon cycle, the “biological pump,” where carbon is utilized by organisms at the surface and transferred to ocean depths, away from contact with the atmosphere.
Nearly 90% Of Hanauma Bay Usable Beach May Be Submerged by 2030
A five-year study into the impacts of sea-level rise on the Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve (HBNP) predicts 88% of the preserve’s usable beach will be underwater by 2030.
Pacific Garbage Patch Gathering Place for Life Thanks to Currents
The North Pacific “Garbage Patch” aggregates an abundance of floating sea creatures, as well as the plastic waste it has become infamous for, according to a study published in PLOS Biology and co-authored by oceanographers in the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST).
UC Irvine Study Shows Traffic-Related Air Pollution in Irvine Weakens Brain Function
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have found that exposure to traffic-related air pollution in Irvine led to memory loss and cognitive decline and triggered neurological pathways associated with the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
1950s Kīlauea Iki Lava Samples to Help Uh Scientists Understand Volcanic Eruptions
Earth scientists from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa were gifted a set of precious basalt samples collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from the Kīlauea Iki lava lake between 1959 and 1988.