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Madison Dabalos, 18, left, and Ixchel Cisneros, 18, wearing face masks walk back to their dorms takeout breakfast from Gastronome at Cal State Fullerton on Aug. 21, 2020.
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Madison Dabalos, 18, left, and Ixchel Cisneros, 18, wearing face masks walk back to their dorms takeout breakfast from Gastronome at Cal State Fullerton on Aug. 21, 2020.
January 15, 2021
The U.S. Department of Education released $21.2 billion Thursday as part of the coronavirus relief legislation Congress and President Trump approved in December to help colleges and universities nationally. Of that amount, more than $2.83 billion will go to public and private California colleges and universities.
While global warming and climate change have left experts worried about marine species, one particular animal seems to have already adapted to the alterations.
Octopuses are Already Adapting Climate Change and Rising Levels of CO2 in Ocean: Study
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Climate crisis and global warming are changing our environment in not a good way and a few animals might be adapting to it already. A study conducted by Walla Walla University, in a collaboration with researchers from La Sierra University, studied how the changing nature of oceans with rising temperature is affecting octopuses.
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology Journal by University of Chicago Press Journals is titled, ‘Impact of Short- and Long-Term Exposure to Elevated Seawater Pco2 on Metabolic Rate and Hypoxia Tolerance in Octopus rubescens’. A team of four scientists studied how ocean acidification, which is the process of rising carbon dioxide levels in seawater, is affecting the metabolism of octopuses. The team comprised scientists from Department of Biological Sciences of Walla Walla University, Kirt L. Onthank, Lloyd A. Trueblood, Taylir Schrock-Duff and Lydia G.
Some octopus species appear to be coping well with increase in ocean acidity, for now
While the species may be able to acclimate to near-term ocean acidification, the environmental effects of acidification and hypoxia may be challenging.
Jan 15, 2021 16:36:20 IST
A new study has now tested the effects of ocean acidity on octopuses. The study, conducted by the Walla Walla University, in collaboration with La Sierra University, was published in
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology journal. The collaborative study provides new insights to how activities impact the world and how it adapts in response. The
study focused on the metabolic rate of octopuses exposed to water acidified due to CO2 and the changes it brought about in the animals.
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Recent research conducted at Walla Walla University, by an alliance of researchers from Walla Walla University and La Sierra University, studied the impacts of acidic water on octopuses, possibly bringing new understanding into how activities affect the world and the way the world itself is adjusting in response.
According to Physics.org, the study titled, Impact of Short- and Long-Term Exposure to Elevated Seawater PCO2 on Metabolic Rate and Hypoxia Tolerance in Octopus
rubescens focused on octopuses metabolic rate to water acidified by carbon dioxide, as well as the changes it made to animals.
Essentially, CO2 is the key indicator of the oceans growing acidity since much of the gas emitted into the air by humans gets dissolved into the seawater.