Oregon State is a leading research university located in one of the safest, smartest, greenest small cities in the nation. Situated 90 miles south of Portland, and an hour from the Cascades or the Pacific Coast, Corvallis is the perfect home base for exploring Oregon’s natural wonders.
Oregon State University has always been a place with a purpose — making a positive difference in quality of life, natural resources and economic prosperity in Oregon and beyond. Through discovery, innovation and application, we are meeting challenges, solving problems and turning ideas into reality.
Founded in 1868, Oregon State is the state’s Land Grant university and is one of only two universities in the U.S. to have Sea Grant, Space Grant and Sun Grant designations. Oregon State is also the only university in Oregon to hold both the Carnegie Foundation’s top designation for research institutions and its prestigious Community Engagement classification.
As Oregon’s leading public research university, with $281 million in external funding in the 2012 fiscal year, Oregon State’s impact reaches across the state and beyond. With 12 colleges, 15 Agricultural Experiment Stations, 35 county Extension offices, the Hatfield Marine Sciences Center in Newport and OSU-Cascades in Bend, Oregon State has a presence in every one of Oregon’s 36 counties, with a statewide economic footprint of $2.06 billion.
With location regulations no longer in force, fishing boats are harvesting thousands of tons of krill from very few areas, increasing competition with penguins, seals, whales and other marine life.
American chestnuts were known as the ‘redwoods of the East.’
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By identifying the genes and molecules crucial to resistance in American chestnuts and other species, researchers hope to use genomic techniques to breed trees that can flourish in the face of blight.
Harvesting grapes from one of the two founder vines of the Rubaksum Tsellim landrace, trained over a household pergola in Aksum, Tigray.
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A distinctive local variety of grapevine from Ethiopia’s Tigray region could offer potential as a dryland crop.
O Atol de Rose é uma grande área protegida na Samoa Americana: sem regras, regulamentações e fiscalização consistentes, juntamente com financiamento e colaboração significativa com governos locais, indústrias e comunidades, muitas áreas correm o risco de se tornarem “parques no papel”.
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Até agora, cerca de 10% dos oceanos contam com proteção formal, à medida que os países trabalham para atingir a meta 30x30, mas muitas áreas ainda estão protegidas apenas no papel
Rose Atoll Marine National Monument is a large marine protected area in American Samoa.
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So far, about 10% of the ocean has formal protection as countries work toward the 30x30 goal, but many areas are still protected on paper only.
El esturión europeo o sollo (Acipenser sturio) es una especie considerada en peligro crítico de extinción (CR) por la UICN y extinguida en España. Fotografía de:
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Los autores han desarrollado un sistema de inteligencia artificial para predecir el estado de conservación de miles de especies de peces de agua dulce.
This wild ground bee, Andrena nothoscordi, is typically found in the U.S. Midwest and Southeast and loves false garlic flowers.
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The accusations you might have heard about nonnative honey bees aren’t backed up by evidence. In fact, there are plenty of ways bees make the world a better place.
Over the years, the Southern Baptist Convention has spoken out against many efforts to advance LGBTQ rights, writes a scholar who studies Southern Baptists.
Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina : le premier et unique réalisateur africain à avoir remporté la Palme d'or au Festival de Cannes.
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He won global fame for his politically charged films about the fight for independence in Algeria and was central to building the country’s film industry.
Over 730,000 people visit Colorado National Monument each year. It was established in 1911 under the Antiquities Act.
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Ao pensar no fluxo da raiva, você pode desvendar suas principais dimensões: o caminho e a intensidade. O fluxo está direcionado de forma eficaz? Sua força é apropriada?
More Americans are homeschooling their kids.
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By thinking of the flow of anger, you can unpack its key dimensions: its path and intensity. Is the stream pointed effectively? Is its strength appropriate?
Most of Gaza’s olive trees, citrus trees and greenhouses have been destroyed.
Bombeiro combatendo um incêndio florestal na Califórnia: dos 35 “sinais vitais” da Terra, como extensão do gelo marinho e situação das florestas, 25 estão em níveis preocupantes.
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Toda a civilização humana surgiu durante condições climáticas excepcionalmente benignas. À medida que as mudanças climáticas se intensificam, estamos começando a ver o que pode acontecer
All of human civilisation emerged during unusually benign climate conditions. As temperature records fall and climate damage intensifies, we are beginning to see what happens when we leave it behind.
New research shows women see their own fate as tied to that of other women - just one reason JD Vance’s attack was ill-advised.
Messengers raise their ballots in support of a motion during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting on June 11, 2024, in Indianapolis.
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