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Student examining contents of the Zebra Mussel Mania Traveling Trunk

Invasive Species in the Classroom:
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant makes strides with new resources

A brittle star on the bottom of the Chukchi Sea

The Bright Side of Arctic Ice:
Researchers discover ice algae fuels complex ecosystem.

Commercial offshore sea cage stocked with Pacific threadfin

Offshore Aquaculture Project Yields a Traditional Hawaiian Delicacy:
In Hawaii, the largest consumer of seafood in the nation, the ocean's dwindling supply of fish has become a growing concern.

Nauru coastline

Climate Researchers Focus on Tropical Pacific, "Driver" of Global Weather:
The Tropical Western Pacific serves as the earth's heat engine, driving global weather events such as El Niño and La Niña.

mountain and stream logo

GEWEX Continental-scale International Project (GCIP):
Mississippi project focuses on interactions between the atmosphere and land surface to improve climate predictability.

sea coral

Saving Precious Corals:
Scientists study life history of corals in protected Hawaiian refuge.

Bocaccios are named for their protruding jaws

Something in the Way Bocaccios Move:
Monterey Rockfish send a message to researchers at Moss Landing Marine Lab.

Eggs with foreign gene

Crustacean Gets Designer Genes
Connecticut Sea Grant Project leads to first Crustacean Gene Transplant.

Cape Hatteras lighthouse

Fighting the Tide: Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Retreats from Rising Sea:

Sea level rise and erosion are moving lighthouse inland.

Hurricane Mitch

Global Warming and Hurricanes:
Stronger hurricanes may accompany global warming according to predictions using a high resolution hurricane model linked to a global climate model.

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10/22/2001