While the idea of spending three months of co-op in Antarctica sounds isolating and lonely, it is, in fact, the opposite. I discovered this while on my co-op from December 2021 to March 2022 working with the French Polar Institute to improve long-term penguin observation systems. Every day is heightened by the close community of […]
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Since early expeditions to the farthest regions of the planet, scientists have been intrigued by the presence of visually similar creatures residing in both the Arctic and Antarctic. Hundreds of nearly identical worms, insects, and other small sea creatures have been discovered in both locations. These seemingly bipolar species, living at both the North and
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Extremophiles are microorganisms that survive — and thrive — in extreme conditions not considered suitable for other forms of life. This umbrella term encompasses bacteria, archaea, protozoa, and fungi with unique adaptations allowing them to inhabit extreme temperature, radiation, salinity, pH, and other physical and geochemical conditions. Extremophiles can be found in deep-sea hydrothermal vents
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The world is constantly in motion. From the smallest particles vibrating in a rock to planetary motion in space, few things remain unchanged. It, then, should be no surprise that Earth’s poles — its rotational axis — also shift. This is actually quite normal; polar motion is categorized in multiple time scales, and the most
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We as humans must serve as protection where resources are scarce, populations are threatened, and where there lacks necessary keys to survival. Climate change is deteriorating habitats and creating unlivable conditions for aquatic ecosystems. People fight against climate change to defend and conserve these natural environments. We want to save the earth! However, this is
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According to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, “without … a sharp decline in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, global warming will surpass 1.5 [degrees Celsius] in the following decades, leading to irreversible loss of the most fragile ecosystems, and crisis after crisis for the most vulnerable people and societies.” As 2030 fast
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Coral reefs are not only beautiful scapes of nature but also home to the most diverse ecosystems in the marine world. Being the home of thousands of fish, hundreds of corals, and many other various organisms, scientists have been investigating ways to combat the dangers to the reefs caused by global climate change. A currently
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In the summer of 2021, a group of snorkelers accidentally discovered one of the oldest and largest coral colonies in the world. Located off of the coast of Golboodi, one of many Palm Islands in Queensland, Australia, this coral was named Muga dhambi, which means “big coral” in the language of the indigenous Manbarra people.
Buildings generate close to 40 percent of annual global carbon dioxide emissions. How we build and what we build with require major rethinking. The solution is more than slapping a green roof on your building or putting solar panels on your roof. It is about your building materials, from where they are extracted, and what
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