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Study: Reducing carbon emissions will limit sea level rise

Jul 16, 2018

A new study demonstrates a clear correlation between cumulative carbon emissions and future sea level rise over time and the news isnt good. … Read full story.

New species may arise from rapid mitochondrial evolution

Jul 11, 2018

Genetic research at Oregon State University has shed new light on how isolated populations of the same species evolve toward reproductive incompatibility and thus become separate species. … Read full story.

OSU is purchasing land north of Waldport to begin PacWave energy test site project

Jun 28, 2018

Oregon State University ispurchasinga five-acre parcel along the central Oregon coast that will be the shore-based facility for converting wave energy captured from a test site to be located about seven miles offshore into utility-grid accessible power. … Read full story.

Scientists believe lost carbon during last Ice Age was stored in ocean via physics and dust

Jun 26, 2018

During the last ice age, atmospheric carbon dioxide was about one-third lower than it is today and scientists are uncertain why the distribution of global carbon was different than today. … Read full story.

Scientists use hydrophone to listen in on methane seeps in ocean, hope next to estimate volume

Jun 26, 2018

A research team has successfully recorded the sound of methane bubbles from the seafloor off the Oregon coast using a hydrophone, opening the door to using acoustics to identify and perhaps quantify this important greenhouse gas in the ocean. … Read full story.