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Research led by GSO’s Roxanne Beinart has unveiled catastrophic effects on seafloor life from the 2022 Hunga volcanic eruption

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Credit: Roxanne Beinart, chief scientist, URI. Funder: NSF © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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