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COVID-delayed Arctic research cruise yields late-season data
Researchers studying the Bering and Chukchi seas in October found no ice and an active ecosystem.
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Real-time maps show ocean currents in the Arctic
High-frequency radar systems along the Alaska coast yield valuable information about currents.
Read more about high-frequency radar and currents
Without otter predation, sea urchins decimate Aleutian reefs
Scientists have linked sea urchins, otters and climate change to the destruction of Aleutian reefs.
Read more about urchins, otters and climate change.News
CFOS Seminar: Sea bass and ocean acidification, warming
December 02, 2021
The College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences will hold its next weekly seminar on Wednesday, Dec. 1, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. via Zoom. The talk will be offered by Louise Cominassi.
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Listening to the voices of killer whales
November 19, 2021
Hannah Myers' fieldwork, executed on a 34-foot vessel that sails out of Seward, is shedding light on killer whales in the undersea world off the south coast of Alaska.
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CFOS Seminar: Vanadium in the Arctic Ocean
November 18, 2021
The College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences will hold its next weekly seminar on Weds., Nov. 17, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. via Zoom. The talk will be offered by Laura Whitmore.
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