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Understanding Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future

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SERC In The News

SERC in the News

Dead zones: How chemical pollution is suffocating the sea

Jan 14, 2022

The Economist
Scientists Discover Coastal Marine Life Thriving on Plastic Ocean Trash

Dec 29, 2021

Voice of America
Algae: Slime Life

Dec 9, 2021

BBC (The Forum)
Científicos descubren que animales marinos establecieron un hábitat en un islote de basura que flota en el Pacífico

Dec 7, 2021

Univision
Especies costeras colonizan la ‘isla de plástico’ del Pacífico norte

Dec 6, 2021

Vanguardia
Plants and animals found living on giant plastic island

Dec 2, 2021

MSN.com
On the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, scientists find a surprise: Coastal life

Dec 2, 2021

NBC News
Scientists Flood Forests to Mimic Rising Seas

Sep 17, 2021

Scientific American/E&E News
Nearly Half of U.S. Coastal Marshes Are Vulnerable to Sea Level Rise, Study Finds

Sep 8, 2021

EcoWatch
Fossil leaves may reveal climate in last era of dinosaurs

Aug 24, 2021

Associated Press

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