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The research arm of AgSci, also known as Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station, addresses the most pressing issues surrounding food systems, clean water, human health, and the economy - strengthening communities in Oregon and beyond.
Larval fish have been studied much less but are likely to be more vulnerable to microplastics, as they are to everything else. “Any stressor will likely have more of an impact on early life stages than later life stages,” says Susanne...
“Recent climate change is affecting an entire landscape of terrestrial and wetland ecosystems in a complex manner,” the report found. “As the mix of wetlands shifts towards more saline and fewer freshwater wetlands, waterbirds experien...
Though gray whales are known for their annual migration between Alaska and Baja, California, locals can expect to see their spouts at any time of the year.
A new study from Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute sho...
A newly discovered parasitic cycle, in which ocean bacteria keep phytoplankton on an energy-sapping treadmill of nutrient detoxification, may offer a preview of what further ocean warming will bring, Oregon State University researchers...
The Columbus Day Storm that blew into Oregon in October 1962 still ranks as one of the most intense and deadliest in the country. Hazelnut grower Rich Birkemeier’s dad had just purchased his first farm in Canby. The storm toppled two-t...