Monday, July 13, 2026

Author: Christina Andrea Alvear

Environmental SciencePaleontologyPaleoproteonomicsScience through time
Christina Andrea Alvear

Beyond Paleontology: Studying Fossils to Understand Cancer

Featured Image Caption: Telmatosaurus sketch by Debivort CC by SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Primary Source Article: Chandrasinghe, P. C.,

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EcosystemsEnvironmental ScienceRestoration
Christina Andrea Alvear

Turning a New Leaf: Extracting the Invasive Water Hyacinth for Medicinal Treatments

Featured Image Caption: The Water hyacinth is a floating plant that has clusters of leaves, lavender spiked flowers, and feathery

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Case StudiesEcosystemsEnvironmental ScienceHuman Exposure and Public HealthRemote EnvironmentsScience through time
Christina Andrea Alvear

Diving Deep for Volcanic Deposits: What the Hunga Volcanic Eruption Teaches Us About the Deep Sea

According to Chaknova and colleagues, the Honga Volcano eruption was the largest in the modern satellite era. It produced a 58 km plume, a 20 m high tsunami, and a pressure wave that propagated around the world.

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Animal behaviorEcosystemsEnvironmental ScienceScience through timeSustainabililty
Christina Andrea Alvear

Discovery of a Shortfin Mako Nursery

Featured Image Caption: Two shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) by MarkConlin, public domain from U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Animal behaviorCitiesEnvironmental ScienceHuman Exposure and Public HealthRemediation
Christina Andrea Alvear

Urban Lizards Full of Lead, but Not Dead

Featured Image caption: Urban Lizard (Podacris muralis) by Gzen92 CC by SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsPrimary Source Article: Moore, M.

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