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Grand Strategy, Global Purpose

The United States has never been more connected to the global community than it is today.

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Healthy Planet Marine Studies Initiative

Microbeads Pose Pollution Threat

Doing something as simple as washing your hair may raise a new threat to aquatic health. Many personal-care products have been formulated with plastic beads the size of a sand grain — known as microbeads — which add a gritty texture. Microbeads are designed to be flushed down the drain.

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Healthy Planet Marine Studies Initiative

Acidic Seawater Threatens Shellfish

The Pacific Northwest, famous for its delectable fried oysters and succulent steamed clams, is one of several coastal “hot spots” where shellfish are subject to “acidification” — seawater whose chemistry is becoming corrosive because of greenhouse gases.

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Healthy Planet Marine Studies Initiative

Medicines from the Deep

In the ocean’s darkest depths, superheated water seeps from cracks on the seabed. This lightless world supports exotic creatures like tubeworms and giant clams. It’s their very oddity that makes them exciting to OSU medicinal chemist Kerry McPhail.

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Healthy Planet Marine Studies Initiative

Minerals from the Seafloor

To meet the world’s demand for minerals, oil and geothermal energy, humans are now looking toward the seabed.

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Healthy Planet Marine Studies Initiative

Green Power from Waves

The whole world could be powered by a tiny fraction of the ocean’s untapped energy — if it could be harnessed.