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Could Wildfires Affect Marine Life, Too? #care2

Scientists are aware of the impact wildfires have on wildlife on land , but what about the effect of these disasters on marine life? For the first time ever, researchers took a weeklong expedition in mid-December to find out. Student scientists from UC Santa Barbara conducted experiments aboard the Sally Ride – a research vessel from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography that’s named after the first American woman in space — to see how ash blown into the ocean affects the ecosystem. This was not the original purpose of this expedition, which had been planned for over a year. Indeed! I’m covered in ash! Good shot here of blue sky and smoke/ash plume below off coast of Santa Barbara. #ThomasFire pic.twitter.com/A0SKtnbWXG — R/V Sally Ride (@SaltySallyRide) December 19, 2017 Led by graduate students Kelsey Bisson and Nick Huynh, a team including graduate and unde...

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