Christina Tanner: Citizen Reporter

• The Persistence of a Sand Dollar

  Climate change has become omnipresent. There are concerns of sea level rise, changing precipitation patterns, global warming, ocean acidification, species extinctions, intensity of fires and hurricanes, you've heard them all. What is the scientist's approach to study the impact of climate change? Well, there are many avenues, and as a graduate student with a high degree of interest in the sensitivity of marine animals to climate change, everyday I am refining my approach in order to contribute meaningful and sound science of how marine animals interact with their environment and how they will be impacted by anthropogenically-driven climate change.

  In order to investigate the effect climate change has on marine animals, we must first have an in-depth understanding of their life history and ecology. Let's take the sand dollar as an example.

  Divers along the West Coast can tell you they form dense beds along sandy bottoms. They also position themselves upright - by ...read full post

  
  
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