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Bigelow Laboratory Senior Research Scientist Ben Twining is taking part in the IRON-MAN expedition in and around the southernmost continent. Today, he takes us behind the scenes of a recent visit to Rothera Research Station, the…
Do you know a Maine high school junior with an interest in the ocean? Great news: applications for Bigelow Laboratory‘s free high school program are now open! The Keller BLOOM program offers participants an opportunity to work…
Happy 2nd anniversary to Ocean on Tap! To celebrate this milestone, please join us at Foootbridge Brewery next Thursday for a special ocean trivia night. Whether you’ve seen every talk in the series or you’re just diving in now, you’re…
An international team of scientists, including Bigelow Laboratory Senior Research Scientist Ben Twining, is calling for a new generation of carefully designed ocean iron fertilization field (OIF) trials to evaluate whether this…
On Thursday, Research Technician Lydia Pinard snapped a stunning sunrise illuminating the Pavlova and Nannochloropsis cultures in Bigelow Laboratory‘s greenhouse. Thanks for sharing, Lydia, and cheers to an inspiring Sunday morning!…
On Tuesday, team members on Bigelow Laboratory’s latest GNATS (Gulf of Maine North Atlantic Time Series) research cruise spotted something huge in the distance: Mount Washington! Dave Drapeau, captain of the R/V Bowditch, snapped the…
Bigelow Laboratory researchers Nick Record, Rebekah Shunmugapandi, and Karen Stamieszkin were featured in an article today in The Maine Monitor about their zooplankton research. For more about our work on these powerful creatures, read…
Earlier today, Bigelow Laboratory hosted its 10th annual chili cook-off. Team members broke out their best recipes and flooded our campus with copious numbers of beans, crockpots, and secret spice blends to chase off some of the cold…
Last week, Bigelow Laboratory President and CEO Deb Bronk joined WAMU’s 1A podcast to discuss the future of ocean research. She described how the scale of funding influences both the pace and scope of discovery while highlighting…
Bigelow Laboratory Senior Research Scientist Ben Twining is taking part in the IRON-MAN expedition in and around the southernmost continent. Today, we are excited to share a few video updates from his time aboard the RRS Sir David…
Kyle Oliveira, a UMaine PhD student who has worked at Bigelow Laboratory, was highlighted in the University of Maine News about his research learning more about great white sharks from environmental DNA (eDNA). “I want to know whether…
From February 22-27, more than 5,000 scientists from around the world will gather in Glasgow, Scotland, for the Ocean Sciences Meeting, an action-packed week of scientific talks, poster sessions, networking opportunities, and ancillary…
