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Jellyfish Stings in Microscopic Slow Motion

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on August 19, 2014

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We’ve all heard about the disappearing polar ice caps, rising sea levels, and emerging crazy weather patterns around us. But discovering these environmental changes didn’t happen overnight – lots of careful research goes into the field of climate science, and there’s more work being done every day to explore details about phenomena triggered by global warming. July has been particularly abuzz with articles in this field; below, I’ve summarized a few of the papers and news items from the summer.

August 23, 2014

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