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Healthy Planet Marine Studies Initiative Stewardship

Yellow tang study shows marine reserve benefit

Marine ecologists at Oregon State University have shown for the first time that tiny fish larvae can drift with ocean currents and “re-seed” fish stocks significant distances away – more than 100 miles in a new study from Hawaii.

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Earth Healthy Planet

Big mouths, glowing spines

he scientists’ net is standard equipment in oceanography, but the microbes they catch are anything but ordinary. Gazing at them through a microscope is like visiting a zoo on another planet.

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Healthy Economy

Quest for the perfect Christmas tree

Christmas trees of the future will soon be growing in research greenhouses. (Photo: Lynn Ketchum)

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Inquiry Student Research

A Name for Home: King Island

If identity is linked to places on the landscape, names for those places become part of shared culture. An OSU research project has helped to document the culture of King Island, Alaska.

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Earth Healthy Planet

In Earth’s deep crust, microbes abound

Near a mid-Atlantic Ocean ridge called Atlantis, scientists have discovered a rich microbial ecosystem in the deepest crustal rocks ever explored.

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Healthy Economy Innovation

The Greening of Wood Products

Wood composites offer resilience, efficiency and strength.