Lynn Dierking, Sea Grant Professor of Free-Choice Learning in the OSU Science and Math Education program, was a featured guest on a recent episode of National Public Radio's Science Friday with Ira Flatow, discussing her research on the ways children pick up science and math skills in informal settings such as museums, field trips and hands-on activities. Listen to the episode on NPR.
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We apply the best available science to timely and important issues, and engage with coastal stakeholders to help them reach informed decisions. We support scientific excellence and innovation, foster new generations of marine scientists, and encourage ocean science literacy among people of all ages.
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News from Oregon Sea Grant
New Website for Oregon Sea Grant
-Jan 26, 2012
Oregon Sea Grant has a brand new Website, with fresh content and a
host of special features. Program director Steve Brandt called it
“a modern, engaging site that reflects Sea Grant’s
mission and our status as an integrated program of research,
education and public engagement.” Visitors will find current
news about Sea Grant’s ocean and [...]
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State rolls out new tsunami hazard maps
-Jan 26, 2012
The state has issued the first of a planned series of
80 new, high-resolution maps that graphically illustrate the risks
of tsunamis on the Oregon coast, this one covering Coos Bay. The
48-by-52-inch map, published this week by the Oregon Department of
Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI)Â shows in great
detail which low-lying areas around Coos [...]
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Oregon floods: fish should fare better than people
-Jan 23, 2012
Heavy rain and melting snowpack that flooded Western Oregon last
week turned creeks and rivers into broad, brown torrents that might
look like bad news for fish. But an Oregon Sea Grant fisheries
specialist says his research suggests the opposite. Guillermo
Giannico, a research professor in Oregon State University’s
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, has conducted
[...]
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Sea Grant coastal erosion, climate work in Terra
-Jan 20, 2012
Increasing winter storms since the 1980s have been sending higher,
harder waves crashing into the Oregon coast, cutting away at
seacliffs, roads and infrastructure in an area never known for its
seismic stability. Scientists say the increased storm activity is
consistent with predictions for the sorts of hazards the
world’s coastlines will face as an [...]
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Goodbye, Wecoma; hello, Oceanus
-Jan 19, 2012
NEWPORT – The Research Vessel Wecoma, which has been serving
Oregon State University marine scientists for more than 35 years,
is being retired from service and replaced with a somewhat smaller
ship from the University National Oceanographic Laboratory System
fleet. The 184-foot Wecoma made her last cruise in November; her
replacement, the Oceanus, is expected [...]
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