Michael Tift News Today

Michael Tift, assistant professor of biology and marine biology at the University or North Carolina

At the end of October, a Gervais’ Beaked Whale washed up on Emerald Isle. She was about a year old and weighed just over 670 pounds. Over a dozen scientists gathered together to figure out her cause of death.

The polar region is demilitarized, but the conflict is posing a threat to important climate data collected at Ukraine’s research station. The polar region is demilitarized, but the conflict is posing a threat to important climate data collected at Ukraine’s research station.

A team of University of North Carolina Wilmington researchers is in Antarctica studying the effects of climate change on crabeater seals — the most populous marine mammals in the world. WHQR caught up with them before they embarked on their trip.

A team of University of North Carolina Wilmington researchers is in Antarctica studying the effects of climate change on crabeater seals — the most populous marine mammals in the world. WHQR caught up with them before they embarked on their trip.

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