Drilling deeper into ocean floor in search for origins of life
Decadeslong effort has transformed knowledge of planet’s history
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Decadeslong effort has transformed knowledge of planet’s history
Drilling thousands of meters down into the ocean to sample and study deep ocean crust that is millions of years old, today the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) embarks upon a two-expedition scientific drilling project to the South Atlantic Ocean, with a Texas A&M University scientist at the helm of each expedition.
Rice University: Houston Flooding Polluted Reefs More Than 100 Miles Offshore Targeted News Service (Press Releases) HOUSTON, Texas, Runoff from Houston's 2016 Tax Day flood and 2017's Hurricane Harvey flood carried human waste onto coral reefs more than 100 miles offshore in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, according to a Rice University study. "We were pretty shocked," said marine biologist Adrienne Correa, co-author of the study in Frontiers in Marine Science. "One thing we always thought the Flower Garden Banks were safe from was terrestrial runoff and nutrient poll...