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Describes motivation process for creativity with emphasis on intrinsic motivation by Corey K Katir

By Nathaniel Kinsey Marine ecosystem-based management (EBM) goes beyond politically drawn lines and looks at the many factors that go into effective natural resource management. For example, marine ecosystems offer human society many services providing food, fuel, mineral resources, and even pharmaceuticals. These services are of high anthropogenic value and the hope of EBM is [...]

By Nicole Matthews Solid waste disposal is a major environmental issue faced by countries around the world. For small islands such as Guam the problems that come with solid waste disposal are especially demanding due to the limited amount of space available and the close proximity to bodies of water that flow into the ocean. [...]

By Emily Lu Birgus latro is the largest terrestrial arthropod in the world, in some cases having a leg span of over three feet and weighing over nine pounds. It is more commonly known as the coconut crab, due to its diet. Coconut crabs are mainly scavengers, feeding on various tropical fruits including coconuts.A Their [...]

By Miller Zou Marine and terrestrial ecosystems of the Indo-West Pacific are among the most biologically diverse regions in the world. Unfortunately, these areas are often ill prepared to combat non-native intruders, which, in many cases, can easily prey upon and out-compete their neighbors. These so-called aaliena and aintroduceda species can quickly become invasive if [...]

By Alyssa Dykman In the cool waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean lies the California spiny lobster. The lobster, Panulirus interruptus, can be found on the rocky substrates of the coastal ocean floor between Monterey Bay, California and the northwestern coast of Mexico. A majority of the population is found off the coastline from Point [...]

By Christina Irvin Sirens are mythical, mermaid-like sea creatures that lure ships and seafarers into dangerous waters with their beauty and songs. These legends are rooted in Greek mythology a particularly in Homeras The Illiad. Interestingly, for more than 600 years after Homeras time, early explorers believed that the oceans were home to mermaids and [...]

By Roxi Aslan When diving in the Blue Cavern Marine Protected Area off Catalina Island, you canat help but notice the red-brown warty sea cucumber Parastichopus parvimensis, which lies conspicuously on the sea floor below. This creature (as do all members of the phylum Echinodermata) has the ability to regenerate parts of its body a [...]

By Stephen Holle As the global human population continues to increase, many organisms have had to adapt to the loss and fragmentation of their habitat by development. Not surprisingly, global biodiversity has steadily declined, and as Anthony Barnosky, a Professor of Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley suggests, awe are witnessing a collision of human impacts [...]

by Madi Swayne Every year, millions of people, including myself, make many millions of recreational scuba dives, very rarely with any ill effects. What goes unappreciated by many divers is the scientific basis for their safe exploration of the underwater world. The history of the science of safe diving begins with a research paper published [...]

By Austin Hay Water is the oil of the future. Itas a phrase thatas often been repeated in the engineering classes Iave taken at USC, but it couldnat be truer than in the case of Palau. The island nation, some 500 miles east of the Philippines and 2,000 miles south of Japan, is completely dependent [...]

by Gerry Smith Divers are at risk for a particular set of maladies that are generally caused by rapid changes in pressure. These include decompression sickness (DCS,) commonly known as athe bendsa, and air (or gas) embolisms, which result in either gas bubbles in tissues where they donat belong. The bubbles from DCS areis from [...]

Not long ago, I helped a colleague, Dr. Judith Connor from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, on her first scuba dive in Antarctica. This was a bit of change for me, since Iam usually the person who gets to go underwater. On this expedition though, diving under the ice took somewhat of a backseat, [...]

by Robert English and Jim Haw [At this writing, U.S. and Philippine forces are concluding their latest joint military exercise, a mock amphibious landing on Palawan Island.A The allies claim there is no direct link between their maneuvers and an incident earlier this month where Chinese military ships drove off Philippine coast guard vessels that [...]

by Max Martinez Coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific Ocean attract thousands of scuba divers from around the globe on an annual basis. However many of these highly diverse and biologically rich ecosystems are at a risk by a seemingly unlikely predator a the crown-of-thorns sea star Acanthaster planci, which makes a living by consuming the [...]

by Laura Walsh Over one hundred and fifty years ago, Henry David Thoreau sparked a cultural movement with a paradox; an introspective, self-preoccupied book that taught the lessons of humility and human triviality. Naturally, Walden became more recognizable as the reading requirement of so many high school students, the main domain of traffic for Sparknotes.com, [...]

By Kali Staniec You canat always tell from photos, but Garibaldi can give a mean staring contest. I have seen pictures of this famously highlighter-orange California State fish in countless books and brochures on Southern California marine life, but it wasnat until recently that I realized how much more there is to this fish than [...]

By Dawnielle Tellez Along the rocks of Big Fishermanas Cove off Catalina Island, I wove in and out of the towering kelp beds as curious Sheephead and Garibaldi edged ever closer to me. It was my first dive as a certified NAUI Open Water Diver, on the pathway to scientific diver, and I felt a [...]

By Stephen Holle The United States Territory of Guam is the focal point of a military realignment strategy within the western Pacific Ocean. However, the plan has a number of shortcomings in relation to its environmental impacts, which could seriously threaten the health of certain biomes in the region, especially coral reefs. What is not [...]

By IA+-aki Pedroarena-Leal As a student and developing scholar, I consider my transition from the classroom setting to the real worldaas many mentors and peers matter-of-factly call it. One of my majors, Environmental Studies, is figuring in this transition as I accumulate knowledge from course work and research. I am developing my own scientific persona [...]

by David Ginsburg and Jim Haw With this post we launch coverage of the USC Dornsife Environmental Studies 2012 Guam and Palau expedition. This program is challenging to execute from both a logistic and academic perspective. Now in its third year, it is finally beginning to feel like a completed body of work. In 2010 [...]

Vehikite is ordered to serve a year in county jail for 2011 auto accident.

The Trojans tie the score four times but are unable to prevent a late push by the Cardinal that secured the national title.

Trojans advance to face top-seeded Stanford in Sunday’s final.

Bruins top Iona, Trojans defeat Princeton and will meet Saturday in a semifinal. UC Irvine will play top-seeded Stanford in the other semifinal.

Riki Ellison, who like Seau played middle linebacker at USC and in the NFL, says players at that position take more direct hits to the head than anyone else. Seau committed suicide on May 2.

The coaches say there is no perfect solution to replace the BCS. A four-team playoff figures to happen in 2014, but Oregon’s Chip Kelly and Washington’s Steve Sarkisian say more teams need to be involved.

On Monday, former NFL and USC great Junior Seau went surfing and seemed his usual gregarious self at a charity golf event. On Wednesday, he took his own life. Not even those close to him saw it coming.

Dominant play from fifth-year senior Carson Clark, who has 22 kills, propels the UCI Anteaters past the USC Trojans for the NCAA men’s volleyball championship.

UC Irvine and USC have played three times this season, with the Anteaters winning twice.

Seau’s girlfriend tearfully tells a dispatcher that the former USC and Chargers star has shot himself.

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