Alex Fox

Oct 29, 2024 | phys.org | Alex Fox

The toxic pesticide DDT was dumped into the ocean off Southern California more than 50 years ago by the Montrose Chemical Corporation, and it is still contaminating fish and sediments in the region decades later, according to researchers. Banned in , the pesticide is now known to harm human and wildlife health, with linking it to cancer as well as reproductive and neurological issues.

Oct 28, 2024 | today.ucsd.edu | Alex Fox |Lauren Wood

Various agencies and research groups have been measuring DDT contamination in fish and sediments off Southern California for decades. Beginning in 2023, McGill and her co-authors sought to compile those data to get a better big-picture understanding of DDT contamination and to find out how it changed through time. The researchers also wanted to explore potential connections between contamination levels in fish and ecological factors including the fish’s location, habitat preferences and diet.

Oct 21, 2024 | smithsonianmag.com | Alex Fox

Many penguin species huddle together in massive colonies, but pairs of yellow-eyed penguins go out of their way to be alone, nesting deep in New Zealand’s scrublands and forests out of sight of other penguins.

Sep 10, 2024 | today.ucsd.edu | Alex Fox |Lauren Wood

Center will focus on the impacts of climate change on marine species’ nervous systems Published Date September 10, 2024 Article Content The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group has selected UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography to receive a four-year, $10 million grant funded by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation to establish the Allen Discovery Center for Neurobiology in Changing Environments. The center will take a multidisciplinary approach to investigating how climate change may...

Aug 23, 2024 | sciencenews.org | Erin Wayman |Meghan Rosen |Tina Saey |Alex Fox

Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet's changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events? Oncologist Steven Rosenberg of the U.S. National Cancer Institute became intrigued by the body’s potential for fighting cancer in 1968 after encountering a patient whose tumors spontaneously disappeared, presumably due to the immune system. It took decades to go from that kernel of an idea to the new TIL therapy.