By Nancy Steinberg
The ocean teems with microscopic plants and animals — phyto- and zooplankton — in a mindboggling array of forms. These organisms are at the base of complex food webs, fueling fisheries and impacting ecosystems in countless ways. For these reasons, scientists often want to find, identify and count them.
NASA 2019 computer-generated image of space debris being tracked in Earth orbit
In Oregon State’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, faculty members and students conduct research that is used to solve a lot of complex problems, including those presented by climate change, earthquakes, environmental contamination and shifts in ocean ecology.
What is in a cave? Maybe you think immediately of bats, bears, bones, spiders, and ancient paintings on the walls. CEOAS climate scientist Katie Wendt finds something else in them, too: climate records.
