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USC Awarded $25 Million NSF Grant for New Center to Study the Deep Biosphere
February 19, 2010Katrina J. Edwards, professor of biological sciences and Earth sciences in the University of Southern California's College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, has been recommended for an award of a $25 million NSF grant to… more>
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Support Hiked for Amazon River Study
January 14, 2010An enormous plume of freshwater leaves the Amazon River and spreads across the tropical Atlantic Ocean, setting the stage for the symbiosis of some bacteria and algae on a scale that appears to subtly influence the climate of… more>
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Iron From the Deep May Feed Oceans
February 9, 2009Iron dust, the gold of the oceans and rarest nutrient for most marine life, can be washed down by rivers or blown out to sea or — a surprising new study finds — float up from the sea floor. The… more>
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Deep-Sea Expedition Begins
November 1, 2008Seldom has one scientist dived so deep to look at something so small. For three weeks this month, USC College’s David Caron will join an expedition to study marine life around deep-sea hydrothermal vents. His specialty:… more>
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Fish Moving Off the Menu
January 1, 2008The last fish you ate probably came from the Bering Sea. But during this century, the sea’s rich food web — stretching from Alaska to Russia — could fray as algae adapt to greenhouse conditions. “All… more>
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Nitrogen in the Air Feeds the Ocean
August 1, 2005A USC oceanographer's long-term study shows that the marine food chain depends in large part on atmospheric nitrogen. The finding also demonstrates the oceans’ massive absorption of greenhouse gas. By Carl… more>
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