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Hurricane Harvey's Effects on Longhorn Community

Hurricane Harvey’s Effects on Longhorn Community

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After the devastating Hurricane Harvey hit land on Friday, flooding Texas cities and displacing more than 30,000 people, here’s what we know about its...

 
 

UT’s Marine Science Institute Shut Down by Harvey

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Hurricane Harvey slammed the Texas Gulf Coast on Friday evening, its 120 mph gusts of wind sinking docked boats, caving in roofs, and smashing windows. Among the...

 
 

From BP Oil Spill, Lessons on Bacteria’s Secret Talents

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Six years have passed since the largest accidental oil spill in history invaded the Gulf of Mexico. From the day the BP oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded, pumping...

 
 

Trash on Our Beaches Started With Us, and It Must End with Us

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World Ocean Day was celebrated this week and people across the planet talked about how to keep water bottles, micro-trash, and other plastics out of our oceans....

 
 

UT Scientists Rescue Sea Turtles From the Cold

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As several powerful cold fronts swept across Texas in late November and early December, the dropping temperatures have left dozens of stunned sea turtles in their...

 
 
 
 
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