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Jessica O’Connell Connects Ecology Research with Local Conservation Efforts
Learn about Jessica O'Connell's decision to join UT Austin's Department of Marine Science and what her research focuses on.
Brett Baker Receives Simons Award
The faculty member who helped envision a changed the tree of life received the award.
Science Amid the Social Distance
A compilation from our previous episodes that we hope will help you find some solace right now: in rediscovering life, the people we're closest with and the universe.
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The Nurdle Patrol Wages War on Plastic Pellets, With Boost from Lawsuit Settlement
Plastic pollution has contaminated every continent on Earth, and some of the smallest plastic particles, called nurdles, are among the most insidious.
Decoding a Drop of Water to Understand Life on the Texas Coast
You can swim, but you can't hide.
UT Marine Science Institute Teams with SeaWorld San Antonio
When SeaWorld San Antonio unveiled and opened Turtle Reef™, featuring non-releasable sea turtles in a first-of-its-kind habitat, part of the focus was on its partnership with The University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas, Texas.
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Newly Discovered Deep-Sea Microbes Gobble Greenhouse Gases and Perhaps Oil Spills, Too
They were found living in the extremely hot, deep-sea sediments located in the Guaymas Basin in the Gulf of California
