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Tag: chemistry

Where do diatoms hide their silver?
Chemistry Paleoceanography

Where do diatoms hide their silver?

Where would you hide your silver? Diatoms like to hide their silver in their squishy insides.
February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 Jaclyn Torkelson
Fresh(water) (P)Rinse of (not)Bel Air: The Decreasing Salinity of the Japan Sea
Chemistry Modeling Physical oceanography

Fresh(water) (P)Rinse of (not)Bel Air: The Decreasing Salinity of the Japan Sea

A team of scientists from Japan have investigated the decreasing salinity of the Sea of Japan. Let's see what they…
April 21, 2021 Daniel Speer
Living Life to the Fullest: Enzyme Activity of Two African Mussel Species
Biochemistry Biological oceanography Chemistry Human impacts Physiology Pollution

Living Life to the Fullest: Enzyme Activity of Two African Mussel Species

Every day, our body performs a plethora of activities. We breathe, exercise, eat food, think, and socialize. Behind all of…
March 29, 2021 Daniel Speer
If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen: An analysis of phytoplankton with changing ocean temperature
Biological oceanography Chemistry Climate Change Genetics

If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen: An analysis of phytoplankton with changing ocean temperature

If you went to the beach and the water is cold, would you jump in? The same questions pertain to…
August 31, 2020 Daniel Speer
Pacific flushing leads to carbon dioxide surges
Climate Change

Pacific flushing leads to carbon dioxide surges

While it might seem silly to care about what the ocean was doing 10,000 years ago, these old oceans impacted…
December 28, 2018January 7, 2019 Laura Zinke
Book Review

Contaminant fingerprints in fat tell all

This tell-all exposé isn’t from the Maury Show…read on to learn about the use of a nifty chemistry technique that…
January 25, 2017January 25, 2017 Anna Robuck
Biology Chemistry Coastal Management

Whale earwax: a hearing aid & time capsule

How is whale earwax essential to whales, and how can it help whale conservation? Read more to find out!
January 6, 2016January 6, 2016 Megan Chen
Biology Chemistry Geology

Passing gas makes islanders feel a burn: CO2 degassing, low pH and the similarities between an underwater Greek volcano and two Cameroon lakes

Roughly 360 years ago, on a September afternoon in the Aegean sea, the sky was blotted out as metals tarnished…
October 25, 2013October 25, 2013 Sarah Fuller

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