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The Arabian Sea is a beautiful emerald green color in this NASA satellite image, but it shouldn’t be. A new study led by Lamont biogeochemists Helga Gomes and Joaquim Goes found that when millions of the microscopic dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans bloom in the Arabian Sea, as seen in this photo, they create a massive dead zone that may threaten fisheries and short-circuit the food chain. (Image courtesy of Norman Kuring, NASA)
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Ten years ago, hydraulic fracturing barely existed. Today 45,000 fracked wells produce natural gas, providing energy for millions of homes and businesses, and nearly a quarter of the nation’s electricity. But scientists are far behind in understanding how this boom affects people near wells. Geochemists Beizhan Yan and James Ross are trying to fill in this gap in rural northeastern Pennsylvania, where thousands of fracking operations have taken over formerly quiet hilltops, farms and back roads.
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Spring on eastern Long Island is now marked by dense blooms of Aureococcus anophagefferens, which turn estuaries like Great South Bay the color of mud and crowd out native sea grass and stunt or poison shellfish. For years, researchers have puzzled over Aureococcus’s success. How has this microscopic algae adapted so well to coastlines built up with roads and homes? A new study by graduate student Kyle Frischkorn and microbiologist Sonya Dyhrman highlights the survival skills that have made Aureococcus, or ‘brown tide’ algae, the bane of Long Island’s fishermen, boaters and real-estate agents.
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Please join us on Saturday, October 11th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. when we open our campus to the public. Whether you're an aspiring young scientist or a long-time science enthusiast, you're sure to enjoy our Open House. Tour a lab, participate in hands-on Earth science demonstrations, and learn from our world-renowned researchers about their latest discoveries. Get ready for Open House by previewing this year’s events and activities.
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