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Hurricane Harvey on August 24, 2017 as captured by the GOES-16 satellite. Credit: NOAA/NASA

Study Shows Record-breaking Ocean Heat Fueled Hurricane Harvey

May 10, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

In the weeks before Hurricane Harvey tore across the Gulf of Mexico and plowed into the Texas coast in August 2017, the Gulf’s waters were warmer than any time on record, according to a new […]

Atlantic Ocean and NC Beach. Photo: Frank Whatley.

“Not Off Our Coast”: NC Opposition to Seismic Testing and Offshore Drilling

July 20, 2017 Guest Author or Contributor

Governor Cooper announced today that the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality will submit formal comments opposing offshore seismic testing for oil drilling on North Carolina’s coast. The Governor joined coastal business owners and community […]

A map showing impacts of the 2015 West Coast toxic algal bloom. Orange mammal symbols were detected with domoic acid, while those colored red also showed symptoms of poisoning. The numbers indicate how many mammals were affected. Shaded and hatched regions show closures for anchovy fisheries, offshore Dungeness and rock crab fishing, and shellfish harvesting. Credit: NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center.

Ocean Conditions Contributed to Unprecedented 2015 Toxic Algal Bloom

September 30, 2016 Kay Whatley

Released by Lauren Lipuma (American Geophysical Union) and Hannah Hickey (University of Washington) A new study connects the unprecedented West Coast toxic algal bloom of 2015 that closed fisheries from southern California to northern British Columbia to […]

Deoxygenation due to climate change is already detectable in some parts of the ocean. New research finds that it will likely become widespread between 2030 and 2040. Other parts of the ocean, shown in gray, will not have detectable loss of oxygen due to climate change even by 2100. Credit: Matthew Long, NCAR.

What if Sea Life Can No Longer Breathe?

April 29, 2016 Kay Whatley

Widespread Loss of Ocean Oxygen to Become Noticeable Around 2030 Deoxygenation Due to Climate Change Threatens Marine Life Joint Release by American Geophysical Union (Lauren Lipuma) and National Center for Atmospheric Research (David Hosansky and Laura Snider) A drop in the […]

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The Strange-ness: Building a DNA Database for Pets

August 9, 2016

At a time when human genetic testing may be an expensive medical option, or personally done for a hundred dollars or so through genealogy companies, the majority of humans do not have access to their genetic […]

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Research Team Led by Denver, CO Museum Curator Announces Discovery of “Crazy Beast”

April 30, 2020

International Team of Researchers, Led by David Krause of Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Discover 66 Million Year Old ‘Crazy Beast’ — Blockbuster discovery of a bizarre opossum-sized mammal that lived among dinosaurs,massive crocodiles, […]

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The Strange-ness: Making a Meal of Road Kill

June 30, 2017

By Kay Whatley, Editor My afternoon started with a Tweet that sent me down a road of discovery and thought. The Tweet linked to an article by Jeremy Henderson, “Road to Table? Auburn University biology professor talks […]