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This morning, Bigelow Laboratory’s Sea Change Semester students learned a core science lesson: biogeochemistry fieldwork is rarely tidy. At the low-tide mudflats surrounding Edgecomb Eddy, they joined Senior Research Scientist Melody…
The Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) is one of the oldest and most geographically extensive marine monitoring programs in the world. It provides 90 years of data on the marine plankton community and offers the world’s largest…
Happy STEM Day! Today, Bigelow Laboratory is proud to celebrate science, technology, engineering, and math. Take a second to think about the first time you became mesmerized by science. Now, multiply that excitement by 13 and you’ll…
At Bigelow Laboratory, we go to great lengths to gather solid, actionable data. While we’ve long known that our institution’s efforts to build, buy, contract, and hire within the great state of Maine make a difference, we’ve been…
Bigelow Laboratory’s Single Cell Genomics Center has long been at the forefront of advancing single-cell sequencing technology to better understand the vast and diverse world of ocean microbes. Those efforts just took another…
Next Thursday, exhale deeply, then head over to Footbridge Brewery for Ocean on Tap! Peter Brannen, an award-winning science journalist, will speak about the remarkable role of carbon dioxide in shaping the history of our planet and…
Now that daylight saving time has ended and the days are growing shorter, you might be searching for some bright, hopeful cheer. Bigelow Laboratory has you covered this #MicroMonday! Check out these micrographs of Noctiluca,…
Not all algae in Bigelow Laboratory’s National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota (NCMA) collection are peaceful plankton. Some have a monster appetite! Oxyrrhis marina is a heterotrophic marine algae that doesn’t make its own…
It’s true that Bigelow Laboratory’s Sea Change Semester gives students exclusive access to our state-of-the-art facilities, as well as the tools and mentorship needed to lead an independent investigation into questions they want to…
Maine researchers and entrepreneurs are unlocking the potential of algae, seaweed, shellfish, and marine microbes to develop novel products and materials. These blue biotechnology innovations not only strengthen the state’s economy but…
Last week, Bigelow Laboratory hosted the inaugural Maine Algae Science Day in the gorgeous waterfront building of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) in Portland, a familiar place for me after attending Seaweed Saturday back in…
In the days leading up to Halloween, it can be fun to reflect on the creepier aspects of life. Fortunately, the vast, dark expanses of the ocean hold no shortage of spine-tingling life forms and environments bubbling deep under the…
