Browsing Undergraduate Research Scholars Capstone (2006–present) by Department "Oceanography"
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(2012-05-03)Rising concerns of global warming and climate change warrant further research in the seas surrounding the Antarctic continent. The eastern Ross Sea (ERS) is an ideal location to study changing properties of water masses ...
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After the Macondo (Deepwater Horizon; DWH) oil spill in 2010, an array of six deep ocean current moorings were deployed near the spill site for a period of two years in order to investigate the regional oceanic current ...
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(2017-04-24)Anthropogenic impacts on the global ocean, including increasing carbon dioxide levels and sea surface temperatures, have significantly changed the chemistry of the seawater itself, by acidifying waters, creating low oxygen ...
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Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse and ozone-depleting gas produced in the ocean and released to the atmosphere. N2O can be produced in areas of low oxygen such as hypoxic areas and oxygen minimum zones. The shelf ...
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(2012-07-11)The growth of phytoplankton in hypoxic waters requires nutrients and light. In river plumes of the coastal ocean, river borne surface nutrient concentrations decrease with distance from the river mouth. Light availability ...
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(2013-02-04)Reconstructing ancient ocean circulation patterns contributes to a better understanding of Earth’s past climate conditions, as the two are known to be a strongly coupled system. Paleoceanographic reconstructions of the ...