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Science
Citizen’s quest to find starfish along the San Diego coast helps scientists better understand biodiversity
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The last week of the year brings low tides to the San Diego coastline, giving tide collectors another chance this month to join a statewide quest to find sea stars, also known as starfish. The Solstice Sea Star Search along the California coast is an effort by the California Academy of Sciences to track starfish populations…
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Earth
3D model helps researchers understand climate impact of eddies
(A) Snapshot of the SSHA distribution in the Kuroshio extension region on May 16, 2015, and the corresponding long and short axes of the eddy. (B) 3D structure of the mesoscale vortex using PV contours on the three isopycnal surfaces of the warm core vortex. (C) Same as (B) except for the cold core vortex. Credit: 2024 Zhengguang Zhang et…
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Other Sciences
Beach Kindergarten helps kids understand early STEM concepts
Credit: Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education (2024). DOI: 10.1007/s42322-024-00178-0 Deakin University research has for the first time observed the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learning benefits of a ‘blue space’ educational environment for pre-school children. The research results were published in the Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education. Beach kindergartens are similar to bush education programs, but are…
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Physics
Study of chromium-62 helps researchers better understand the geometry around inversion islands
In a recent paper published in Nature Physics, an international collaboration used world-class equipment at the Rare Isotope Beam Facility (FRIB) to study the rare isotope chromium-62. Researchers used gamma-ray spectroscopy experiments in parallel with theoretical models to identify an unexpected variety of shapes for chromium-62. This discovery provides further insight into inversion islands. Credit: Rare Isotope Beam Facility In…
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