Category: Ocean Health and Function
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Corralling Corals
This #MicroMonday, we’re hollering, “Yeehaw!” 🤠 It might not be the kind of exclamation you’d expect to hear at an ocean sciences laboratory. That is,…
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‘Cy’ of Relief
A new study by researchers at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and Oregon State University shows that a well-known cyanobacterium that looks like puffballs formed…
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Discovery in the Deep
In the depths of the ocean, where sunlight can’t reach, there is a hidden world teeming with microbial life. Yet little is known about these…
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Kelp Cascade Effect
As Maine’s kelp forests decline, the impacts ripple through the ecosystem all the way down to the microbial level, according to a new study led…
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Caring for Corals
Earlier this summer Bigelow Laboratory Research Associate Laura Lubelczyk joined NOAA on a research cruise supporting efforts to restore mesophotic coral communities impacted by the Deepwater Horizon…
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Getting alka-ligned
A team of researchers including Bigelow Laboratory SRS Steve Archer is exploring the ecosystem impacts of a proposed marine carbon dioxide removal strategy. Ocean alkalinity enhancement…
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Research Highlight: Tiny ocean species hold clues to the future of Maine lobster
Over the last several years, scientists and resource managers have observed a decline in the number of young lobsters surviving into adulthood in the Gulf…
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Grazing us with your presence
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the last Bigelow Laboratory Café Sci of the season! SRS Doug Rasher and Postdoctoral Scientist Sara Swaminathan took…
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From Space to Sea
Launched by Bigelow Laboratory in 1998, the Gulf of Maine North Atlantic Time Series (GNATS) has become a foundational record of changing ocean conditions through repeated…
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Seeing Red
For decades, scientists have used ocean color observed from space to estimate the abundance of phytoplankton. Now, scientists at Bigelow Laboratory are hoping to do…
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Micronutrients, Macro Impact
Just like humans, phytoplankton need iron to survive. But while iron is plentiful on land, it is often much harder to come by in the…
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Howdy from Halifax!
Bigelow Laboratory SRS Karen Stamieszkin, visiting student Reyes Martín Rodríguez, and REU Lulu Baker recently spent three days on a research cruise off Halifax, Nova…
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Transect Magazine: New Technology for Ocean Discovery
This story originally appeared in the Summer 2026 edition of Transect. As the Artemis II crew celebrated a successful return from their groundbreaking mission to…
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Podcast: Lessons from Lab & Life, Interview with John Burns
In this episode of the Lab & Life podcast from New England Biolabs, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Senior Research Scientist John Burns spoke about…
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#MicroMonday: meet Calanus finmarchicus!
Known for being one of the fattiest copepods, Calanus are a great snack (a favorite in fact!) for whales, baby lobsters, and many other ocean…
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Where in the world are harmful algal blooms?
Researchers at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations are using global datasets and predictive maps to…
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Sedimental Value
A Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences team undertook new sediment coring efforts in the Gulf of Maine, reaching much deeper depths on the continental shelf. This…
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Podcast: Science Friday, Zombie Sea Cucumbers
In this episode of Science Friday, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Senior Research Scientist Rachel Sipler spoke about her role in a recent study on…
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The Mysterious Midwater Society
An international research team, including two researchers from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, discovered 31 new marine species over two weeks off the coast of Brazil.…
