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National Science Foundation: Arlington, VA, US

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Kara Law

National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT): n/a, US

Member
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Kara Law

Annales Geophysica; Deep-Sea Research; Environmental Research Letters; Environmental Science and Technology; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science; Geophysical Research Letters; Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology; Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans; Journal of Physical Oceanography; Marine Pollution Bulletin; Nature; Oceanography; Water Research: n/a, US

Peer reviewer
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Kara Law

Editorial board of MarineDebris: n/a, US

2013 to present | Member
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Kara Law

Trash Free Seas Alliance, Ocean Conservancy: n/a, US

2012 to present | Advisory member
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Kara Law

Sea Education Association Inc: Woods Hole, MA, US

2012-01 to present | Research Professor (Oceanography)
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Kara Law

Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP) Working Group 40: Sources, fate and effects of micro-plastics in the environment – a global assessment: n/a, US

2012 to present | Member
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Kara Law

Gulf of Maine Marine Education Association: ME, US

2014-11 to 2018-03 | Board of Directors
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Kara Law

National Academy of Sciences Discussion Forum: Micro-plastics in the marine environment & potential human health risks: n/a, US

2014 to 2014 | Participant
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Kara Law

GEF Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme workshop on floating macro- and micro-plastics in the global ocean: n/a, US

2014 to 2014 | Participant
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Kara Law

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) Working Group on Marine Debris, : n/a, US

2011 to 2014 | Co-Principal Investigator
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Kara Law

Sea Education Association Inc: Falmouth, MA, US

2012 to 2012 | SSV Robert C. Seamans, Plastics at SEA: North Pacific Expedition, North Pacific Ocean, October 2-November 9, 2012, Principal investigator. Research expedition dedicated to studying the distribution and ecological impacts of floating plastic marine debris
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Kara Law

State University of New York: Geneseo, NY, US

2011 to 2012 | Visiting Researcher (Department of Physics and Astronomy)
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Kara Law

Ocean Health Index Scientific Research Team: n/a, US

2010 to 2012 | Member
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Kara Law

Sea Education Association Inc: Woods Hole, MA, US

2010-01 to 2011-12 | Research Oceanographer (Oceanography)
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Kara Law

Hydrodynamics of Marine Debris Workshop, 5th International Marine Debris Conference: Honolulu, HI, US

2011 to 2011 | Workshop convener (with Dr. Nikolai Maximenko, University of Hawai’i)
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Kara Law

State University of New York, Geneseo: Geneseo, NY, US

2010-08 to 2010-12 | Adjunct Faculty (Physics and Astronomy)
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Kara Law

Sea Education Association Inc: Falmouth, MA, US

2010 to 2010 | SSV Corwith Cramer, Plastics at SEA: North Atlantic Expedition, North Atlantic Ocean, June 10-July 14, 2010, Principal investigator. Research cruise dedicated to studying the abundance and distribution of floating plastic marine debris.
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Kara Law

Plastic Debris in the Ocean: Quantifying the Problem and Investigating Its Impacts, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, Feb. 2010.: Portland, OR, US

2010 to 2010 | • Session convener and chair (with Dr. Christopher Reddy, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
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Kara Law

Sea Education Association Inc: Woods Hole, MA, US

2003-07 to 2009-12 | Oceanography Faculty/Chief Scientist (Oceanography)
Employment
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Kara Law

Woods Hole Science and Technology Education Partnership (WHSTEP): Woods Hole, MA, US

2006 to 2009 | Executive committee member
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Kara Law

Sea Education Association Inc: Falmouth, MA, US

2003 to 2008 | Chief Scientist on ten oceanographic cruises (each 4-6 weeks) leading at-sea research component of SEA Semester program, SSV Corwith Cramer (Atlantic and Caribbean) and SSV Robert C. Seamans (Pacific), 2003-2008
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Kara Law

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Woods Hole, MA, US

2003 to 2005 | Visiting Investigator (Physical Oceanography Department)
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Kara Law

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Woods Hole, MA, US

2001-12 to 2003-06 | Postdoctoral Scholar (Physical Oceanography)
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Kara Law

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Woods Hole, MA, US

2002-08 to 2002-12 | Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow (Physical Oceanography)
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Kara Law

“New global perspectives: What were our observational capabilities in 1980? What are they now and how has WOCE helped? What might be our capability in 2010? In 2050?”, WOCE and Beyond Conference, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 2002.: San Antonio, TX, US

2002 to 2002 | Session chair
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Kara Law

University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography: La Jolla, CA, US

1995-09 to 2001-08 | Graduate Student Researcher (Physical Oceanography)
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Kara Law

University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography: La Jolla, CA, US

1997 to 1997 | Teaching Assistant (Physical Oceanography Department )
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Kara Law

North Carolina State University: Raleigh, NC, US

1994-09 to 1995-06 | Research Technician (Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
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Kara Law

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Woods Hole, MA, US

1994-05 to 1994-08 | Summer Student Fellow (Physical Oceanography)
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Kara Law

Education and qualifications (2)

Scripps Institution of Oceanography: San Diego, CA, US

1995-09-01 to 2001-08-15 | PhD (Oceanography)
Education
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Kara Law

Duke University: Durham, NC, US

1990-08-15 to 1994-05-05 | BS (Mathematics)
Education
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Kara Law

Funding (6)

Investigating selective grazing by copepods of virgin and weathered microplastics contaminated with PBT substances

2013-08 to 2016-01 | Grant
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (DC, DC, US)
Source: Self-asserted source
Kara Law

Physical and Chemical Degradation of Plastics in the Marine Environment

2013-07-01 to 2016-06-30 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Geosciences (n/a, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 1260403
GRANT_NUMBER: 1260403
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Kara Law via DimensionsWizard

Measuring plastic debris in the North Atlantic Ocean

2010 to 2011 | Award
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (DC, DC, US)
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Kara Law

SGER Collaborative Research: Exploring a Long-term Record of Plastic Pollution in the North Atlantic

2008-09-01 to 2010-02-28 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Geosciences (n/a, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 0842732
GRANT_NUMBER: 0842732
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Kara Law via DimensionsWizard

North Pacific plastic debris and seabird research cruise

2008 to 2009 | Grant
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (DC, DC, US)
Source: Self-asserted source
Kara Law

The effect of wind-driven mixing on observations of plastic marine debris: modeling, verification and reanalysis

Grant
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (DC, DC, US)
Source: Self-asserted source
Kara Law

Works (50 of 69)

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Untangling the chemical complexity of plastics to improve life cycle outcomes

Nature Reviews Materials
2024-08-13 | Journal article
Contributors: Kara Lavender Law; Margaret J. Sobkowicz; Michael P. Shaver; Mark E. Hahn
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Sunlight-Driven Photochemical Removal of Polypropylene Microplastics from Surface Waters Follows Linear Kinetics and Does Not Result in Fragmentation

Environmental Science & Technology
2024-03-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Erin Tuttle; Charlotte Wiman; Samuel Muñoz; Kara Lavender Law; Aron Stubbins
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Large-scale collaborations uncover global extent of plastic pollution

Nature
2023-07-13 | Journal article
Contributors: Kara Lavender Law; Chelsea M. Rochman
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Microplastics segregation by rise velocity at the ocean surface

Environmental Research Letters
2023-02-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Michelle H DiBenedetto; Jessica Donohue; Kate Tremblay; Ethan Edson; Kara Lavender Law
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Relative exposure to microplastics and prey for a pelagic forage fish

Environmental Research Letters
2022-06-01 | Journal article
Contributors: J M Chavarry; K L Law; A D Barton; N M Bowlin; M D Ohman; C A Choy
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Reducing environmental plastic pollution by designing polymer materials for managed end-of-life

Nature Reviews Materials
2021-10-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Kara Lavender Law; Ramani Narayan
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Plastics in the Earth system

Science
2021-07-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Aron Stubbins; Kara Lavender Law; Samuel E. Muñoz; Thomas S. Bianchi; Lixin Zhu
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The United States’ contribution of plastic waste to land and ocean

Science Advances
2020-10-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Kara Lavender Law; Natalie Starr; Theodore R. Siegler; Jenna R. Jambeck; Nicholas J. Mallos; George H. Leonard
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Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution

Science
2020-09-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Stephanie B. Borrelle; Jeremy Ringma; Kara Lavender Law; Cole C. Monnahan; Laurent Lebreton; Alexis McGivern; Erin Murphy; Jenna Jambeck; George H. Leonard; Michelle A. Hilleary et al.
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The physical oceanography of the transport of floating marine debris

Environmental Research Letters
2020-02-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Erik van Sebille; Stefano Aliani; Kara Lavender Law; Nikolai Maximenko; José M Alsina; Andrei Bagaev; Melanie Bergmann; Bertrand Chapron; Irina Chubarenko; Andrés Cózar et al.
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A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

Environmental Research Letters
2015 | Journal article
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Kara Law

Oceanography and Climate Sack Lunch Seminar Series, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Jan. 2015. (Invited talk)

2015 | Lecture
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Kara Law

Passive buoyant tracers in the ocean surface boundary layer: 2. Observations and simulations of microplastic marine debris

Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans
2015 | Journal article
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Kara Law

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

2015 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1126/science.1260352

EID:

2-s2.0-84923095173

Contributors: Jambeck, J.R.; Geyer, R.; Wilcox, C.; Siegler, T.R.; Perryman, M.; Andrady, A.; Narayan, R.; Law, K.L.
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Kara Law via Scopus - Elsevier

Speaker and participant, JPI Oceans Microplastic Workshop, Ostend, Belgium (via Skype), Jan. 2015.

2015 | Lecture
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Kara Law

Seabirds, gyres and global trends in plastic pollution

Environmental Pollution
2015-08 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.envpol.2015.02.034

Contributors: Jan A. van Franeker; Kara Lavender Law
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Kara Law via Crossref Metadata Search
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Gordon Research Conference: Environmental Sciences: Water, Holderness, NH, Jun. 2014. (Invited talk)

2014 | Lecture
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Kara Law

Microplastics in the seas

2014 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1126/science.1254065

EID:

2-s2.0-84904117252

Contributors: Law, K.L.; Thompson, R.C.
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Kara Law via Scopus - Elsevier

Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, Feb. 2014. (Two presentations)

2014 | Lecture
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Kara Law

SEA Faculty Lecture Series, Woods Hole, MA, Jan. 2014.

2014 | Lecture
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Kara Law

SETAC North America Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, Nov. 2013. (Invited talk)

2014 | Lecture
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Kara Law

Vermont Journal of Environmental Law Symposium, Cradle-to-Cradle: The Elimination of Waste, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT, Oct. 2014. (Panelist)

2014 | Lecture
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Kara Law

Distribution of Surface Plastic Debris in the Eastern Pacific Ocean from an 11-Year Data Set

Environ. Sci. Technol.
2014-05-06 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1021/es4053076

Contributors: Kara Lavender Law; Skye E. Morét-Ferguson; Deborah S. Goodwin; Erik R. Zettler; Emelia DeForce; Tobias Kukulka; Giora Proskurowski
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Kara Law via Crossref Metadata Search
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Gordon Research Conference: Oceans and Human Health, Biddeford, ME, Jun. 2012. (Invited talk)

2012 | Lecture
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Kara Law

Marine Environmental Research Institute, Blue Hill, ME, Oct. 2012. (Invited talk)

2012 | Lecture
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Kara Law

Sea Education Association, Semi-annual trustees and overseers meeting, Woods Hole, MA, Nov. 2012

2012 | Lecture
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Kara Law

The effect of wind mixing on the vertical distribution of buoyant plastic debris

2012 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1029/2012GL051116

EID:

2-s2.0-84859404723

Contributors: Kukulka, T.; Proskurowski, G.; Morét-Ferguson, S.; Meyer, D.W.; Law, K.L.
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Kara Law via Scopus - Elsevier

University of Delaware, School of Marine Science and Policy, Newark, DE, Apr. 2012. (Invited talk)

2012 | Lecture
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Kara Law

“The Ocean’s ‘Garbage Patches’: What They Are and How They Impact the Ocean Ecosystem”. Brooks/Cole Enrichment Module (textbook chapter), Brooks/Cole, Belmont, CA, 29 pp.

2012 | Book chapter
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Kara Law

Afloat in the field

Earth and Mind II: A Synthesis of Research on Thinking and Learning in the Geosciences
2012-04 | Other
DOI:

10.1130/2012.2486(25)

Contributors: Kara Lavender Law
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Kara Law via Crossref Metadata Search
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Hydrodynamics of Marine Debris Workshop, 5th International Marine Debris Conference, Honolulu, HI, Mar. 2011. (Talk)

2011 | Lecture
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Kara Law

Industrial Environmental Management Program, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, Producers, Packaging and Public Policy Speaker Series, New Haven, NT, Jan. 2011. (Invited talk)

2011 | Lecture
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Kara Law

Law, K. L. and N. Maximenko, 2011. Understanding Sources, Sinks, and Transport of Marine Debris. Meetings Report, Eos, 92 (28), p. 235.

2011 | Report
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Kara Law

Law, K. L., 2011. Plastic Marine Debris: Perspectives from SEA. Flotsam and Jetsam (Quarterly journal of Massachusetts Marine Educators), Spring 2011 issue.

2011 | Journal issue or edition
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Kara Law

Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, Jul. 2011. (Invited talk)

2011 | Lecture
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Kara Law

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis EcoLunch Seminar, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, Oct. 2011. (Invited talk)

2011 | Lecture
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Kara Law

Seas of Plastic panel, Blue Vision Summit 3, Washington, DC, May 2011. (Panelist)

2011 | Other
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Kara Law

Understanding sources, sinks, and transport of marine debris

Eos Trans. AGU
2011 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1029/2011eo280006

Contributors: Kara Lavender Law; Nikolai Maximenko
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Kara Law via Crossref Metadata Search
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NOAA Second Research Workshop on Microplastic Debris, Tacoma, WA, Nov. 2010. (Poster, participant)

2010 | Conference poster
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Kara Law

Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, Feb. 2010. (Talk; co-author on additional presentations)

2010 | Lecture
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Kara Law

Physics Department Colloquium, SUNY-Geneseo, Geneseo, NY, Oct. 2010. (Invited talk)

2010 | Lecture
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Kara Law

Plastic accumulation in the North Atlantic subtropical gyre

2010 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1126/science.1192321

EID:

2-s2.0-77956289832

Contributors: Law, K.L.; Morét-Ferguson, S.; Maximenko, N.A.; Proskurowski, G.; Peacock, E.E.; Hafner, J.; Reddy, C.M.
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Kara Law via Scopus - Elsevier

The size, mass, and composition of plastic debris in the western North Atlantic Ocean

Marine Pollution Bulletin
2010-10 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.07.020

Contributors: Skye Morét-Ferguson; Kara Lavender Law; Giora Proskurowski; Ellen K. Murphy; Emily E. Peacock; Christopher M. Reddy
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Kara Law via Crossref Metadata Search
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American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Meeting, Nice, France, Feb. 2009. (Poster)

2009 | Conference poster
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Kara Law

Ocean Explorium Ocean Voice Series, New Bedford, MA, Nov. 2009. (Invited talk)

2009 | Lecture
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Kara Law

Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, Feb. 2008. (Poster co-author)

2008 | Conference poster
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Kara Law

How Does Labrador Sea Water Enter the Deep Western Boundary Current?

J. Phys. Oceanogr.
2008-05 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1175/2007jpo3807.1

Contributors: Jaime B. Palter; M. Susan Lozier; Kara L. Lavender
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Annual Meeting of AAAS Pacific Division, San Diego, CA, Jun. 2006. (Poster co-author)

2006 | Conference poster
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Kara Law

Department of Biological Sciences Summer Seminar, Wellesley College, Jun. 2006. (Invited talk)

2006 | Lecture
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Kara Law

Lozier, M.S., A. Adcroft, L. Beal, A. Bower, D. Byrne, A. Capotondi, V. Coles, K. Lavender, C.M. Lee, J. MacKinnon, K. Shearman, L. St. Laurent, L. Thompson and D. Witter, 2006. MPOWIR: Mentoring physical oceanography women to increase retention. Report of a workshop held October 9-12, 2005. 32 pp.

2006 | Report
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Kara Law
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Peer review (21 reviews for 8 publications/grants)

Review activity for Environmental science & technology letters. (3)
Review activity for Environmental science & technology. (6)
Review activity for Microplastics and nanoplastics. (1)
Review activity for Nature (5)
Review activity for Nature communications (3)
Review activity for Nature reviews. (1)
Review activity for Nature water. (1)
Review activity for Science advances. (1)