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Western Washington University

WWU Honors College Senior Projects

2020

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An Overview Of Hypotheses And Supporting Evidence Regarding Drivers Of Insect Gigantism In The Permo-Carboniferous, Ryssa Parks Apr 2020

An Overview Of Hypotheses And Supporting Evidence Regarding Drivers Of Insect Gigantism In The Permo-Carboniferous, Ryssa Parks

WWU Honors College Senior Projects

Insects provide powerful examples of the responses of organisms to environmental change. For example, insect body size gives us insight into the consequences of climate change due to shifts in atmospheric composition, both in the present and in the past. Indeed, one common hypothesis behind the enormous sizes of insects during the late Carboniferous to early Permian (323.2 to 265.0 million years ago) is that such sizes were enabled by elevated oxygen levels (hyperoxia) during the Permo-Carboniferous, when atmospheric oxygen was as high as 60% greater than its present-day concentration. To examine whether the giant body sizes of insects were …


Covid-19: Isolation And Vaccinations, Jesika Smith Apr 2020

Covid-19: Isolation And Vaccinations, Jesika Smith

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A paper exploring the molecular characteristics of the virus SARS-CoV-2, how it relates to other viruses that have caused epidemics/pandemics, and a survey questioning people's experiences in isolation.