Clik here to view.
Vitamin ‘Deserts’ in the Ocean Identified
USC Dornsife's Sergio Sañudo-Wilhelmy led a team of scientists in the development of a new method of analyzing water samples. The method identified vitamin deficient zones in the ocean.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Microorganisms battle it out within algal blooms
Jed Fuhrman and David Needham of biological sciences discover that algal blooms in the ocean encompass microscopic skirmishes, with the front lines shifting on a daily basis.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Researchers use metagenomics to discover thousands of new marine microorganisms
Bulk DNA sequence data is used to reconstruct the genetic makeup of bacteria that have never been identified in a lab.
View ArticleShells could save our seas, says USC Dornsife undergraduate
Isabella O’Brien turned discarded oyster, clam and mussel shells into a means to deacidify ocean and lake waters. [4 min read]
View ArticleStudy of nature preserve turns up more than 1,000 species and signs of...
To create a comprehensive inventory of marine species in Santa Catalina Island’s Blue Cavern Point nature preserve, USC Dornsife scholars dived into kelp forests, scoured museum archives and came...
View Article