The U.S. seafood industry is a powerful economic driver. Nationally, it supported 1.2 million jobs and added $69.2 billion to the gross domestic product in 2017.
The Economic Importance of Seafood
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Geoscience’s Ben Gill Seeks Answer To How The Planet Changed During Triassic Mass-Extinction Event 200 Million Years Ago
Scientists don’t yet know what caused the Triassic mass-extinction event — one of the largest extinction events in the history of our planet — 200 million years ago.
Why Laughing Gas Is a Growing Climate Problem
Carbon dioxide and methane are the biggest drivers of global warming related to human activities.
Scientists Find Medieval Plague Outbreaks Picked Up Speed Over 300 Years
McMaster University researchers who analyzed thousands of documents covering a 300-year span of plague outbreaks in London, England, have estimated that the disease spread four times faster in the 17th century than it had in the 14th century.
How Extreme Heat Affects Learning
Extreme heat may deepen educational inequities for students around the world, according to new research coauthored by Patrick Behrer, a postdoctdoral scholar in Stanford's Center on Food Security and the Environment, Jisung Park at the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation and Joshua Goodman at Boston University.
Reforestation Plans in Africa Could Go Awry
The state of mature ecosystems must be taken into account before launching massive reforestation plans in sub-Saharan Africa, according to geo-ecologist Julie Aleman, a visiting researcher in the geography department of Université de Montréal.
