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Massive Burps of Carbon Dioxide Led to Oxygen-less Ocean Environments in the Deep Past

  • by Greg Watry
  • June 23, 2025
  • Science & Technology
  • News & Noteworthy
New research from the University of California, Davis, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Texas A&M University reveals that massive emissions, or burps, of carbon dioxide from natural earth systems led to significant decreases in ocean oxygen concentrations some 300 million years ago.
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Surfing the Singularity

  • by Greg Watry
  • August 13, 2024
  • Science & Technology
UC Davis' Steve Shkoller develops new tools to study shockwave formation in fluid dynamics.
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Researchers Create Oceanic Tracking Model to Urge Investigators to Revive Search for Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight

  • by Cassidy Delamarter and Greg Watry
  • August 23, 2023
An international research team led by a UC Davis alum has created a new method to reconstruct the drift path and origin of debris from Malaysia Airlines flight 370, which went missing over the Indian Ocean with 239 passengers onboard.
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