Marine Biologist Nancy Rabalais Wins MacArthur Genius Grant

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One of this year’s MacArthur fellows is a marine ecologist whose work focuses on dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico. Living on Earth’s Bobby Bascomb profiles Nancy Rabalais and her work.

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