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News Archive
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College of Engineering
June 29, 2018
OSU contributions come to fruition with impending China nuclear plant opening
Thanks in large part to nearly two decades of research, testing and training support from Oregon State University’s College of Engineering, a new age for nuclear power is set to begin July 4.
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College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
June 28, 2018
OSU is purchasing land north of Waldport to begin PacWave energy test site project
Oregon State University is purchasing a five-acre parcel along the central Oregon coast that will be the shore-based facility for converting wave energy captured from a test site to be located about seven miles offshore into utility-grid accessible power.
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College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
June 26, 2018
Scientists believe ‘lost carbon’ during last Ice Age was stored in ocean via physics and dust
During the last ice age, atmospheric carbon dioxide was about one-third lower than it is today and scientists are uncertain why the distribution of global carbon was different than today.
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College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
June 26, 2018
Scientists use hydrophone to listen in on methane seeps in ocean, hope next to estimate volume
A research team has successfully recorded the sound of methane bubbles from the seafloor off the Oregon coast using a hydrophone, opening the door to using acoustics to identify – and perhaps quantify – this important greenhouse gas in the ocean.