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James, our master of microscopes, gets samples of sand from beaches all over the world to help in his quest to learn more about interstitial ciliates—the single-celled organisms that live in the watery pockets that exist between grains of sand on the beach. But today, we’re going to shift our focus and let those grains be the focus of our show. More specifically, we’re going to talk about sand.
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SOURCES:
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/sand.html
https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/shifting-sands/
https://mlml.sjsu.edu/geooce/2016/09/28/sponges-and-spicules/
https://www.livescience.com/38163-where-beach-sand-comes-from.html
https://www.wired.com/2014/08/absurd-creature-of-the-week-parrotfish/
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