Category: Ocean Health and Function
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Take a Peak 🏔️
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…
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Antarctic Dispatch 2: Aboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough
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…
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Antarctic Dispatch 1: Punta Arenas
Ocean science flourishes in the furthest corners of the globe. This winter — or summer, for our Southern Ocean enthusiasts! — Senior Research Scientist Ben…
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Boom to Bloom
If you had to choose one instrument to observe microscopic marine life, would a satellite come to mind? Perhaps not. But when you’re studying the…
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Take a Wild Guess
If you’re in the market for a new superpower in 2026, might we suggest trying your hand at superforecasting? Superforecasters are people who have an…
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Seeing the Forest for the Trees
In parts of the Gulf of Maine, kelp forests are disappearing fast and being replaced with something new. Scientists call this kind of dramatic, lasting…
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#MicroMonday: Charismatic Microfauna
What do jellyfish, lobsters, krill, and even swordfish have in common? At some point in their lives, they’re all zooplankton. These are the drifting animals…
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#MicroMonday: Festive, Yet Toxic
Merry #MicroMonday! Check out this light microscopy of Pseudo-nitzschia australis cells collected off the coast of Maine during the 2016 bloom, the first time that…
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Wasting Away?
Eelgrass meadows may not always get the same attention as kelp forests and coral reefs, but, like those latter two, these ecosystems are incredibly rich…
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Keeping Clear of Bad Blooms
Toxic species of algae like Pseudo-nitzschia australis can have devastating impacts on coastal industries and communities — a lesson Maine communities learned first hand in…
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Positively Rocking It
South Africa’s coast is home to some of the oldest evidence of life on Earth: microbialites. These “living rocks” are built by microbes that turn…
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Let the Science Sync In
Last month, researchers from Bigelow Laboratory and Maine Department of Marine Resources gathered at our lab for the inaugural Bigelow-DMR Collaborative Symposium — hopefully, the…
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Plankton Peeps
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…
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Sequentially Speaking
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…
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Microscopic Monsters
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…
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Jump for Joy
Happy Friday! Join us in jumping for joy just like this pod of dolphins, whale, and swordfish spotted in the Gulf of Maine by Bigelow…
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Single-Celled Stressor
This #MicroMonday, check out this algae from the genus Pseudo-nitzschia. It might not appear threatening, but this diatom has a secret that packs a punch. …
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Jumping Genes
Most genes are passed down from parent to offspring. But sometimes genes can be transferred between two cells that aren’t directly related. Scientists know broadly…
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Deep-Sea Dialogue
Last month, diplomats, advocates, and lawyers from around the world gathered in Kingston, Jamaica for the second part of the 30th session of the International…
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Surprisingly Chill Coccolithophores
A team of researchers, led by Senior Research Scientist Emeritus Barney Balch, has published new research helping illuminate some of the mysteries of the remote…