Category: Ocean Health and Function
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
#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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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.…
-
The Underwater Undead: Starring Zombie Cucumbers
A recent study, featuring Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Senior Research Scientist Rachel Sipler and led by researchers at Memorial University of Newfoundland, documented the continued…
-
Phytoplankton Feast
Volcanic ash is full of minerals like iron that phytoplankton need to grow. When ash is blown into the ocean, it can stimulate volcanic blooms.…
-
Schmidt Ocean Institute: Tiny Copepods, Big Impact
“They’ve kind of solved all the niches that are out there in the world, and so if you’ve got an interesting question, you can go…
-
Marveling at the Midwater
Bigelow Laboratory senior research scientists David Fields and John Burns are currently taking part in the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s Designing the Future 3 expedition aboard…
-
Antarctic Dispatch 7: The Expedition’s End
Senior Research Scientist Ben Twining has wrapped up his time aboard the RSS Sir David Attenborough. In this final dispatch, Ben shares a few last…
-
Celebrating Partner-SHIP
A collaborative project featuring Bigelow Laboratory Senior Research Scientist Nicole Poulton was awarded the 2024 Excellence in Partnering Award from the National Oceanographic Partnership Program.…
-
Of Microbes and Mud
Most visitors to Maine are familiar with the murky — often smelly — mudflats that line much of our coast. What they may not realize,…
-
Antarctic Dispatch 6: Uncontaminated Southern Ocean Seawater
Senior Research Scientist Ben Twining has wrapped up his time aboard the RSS Sir David Attenborough, but we’re still sharing a few final updates from…
-
diSEAse Ecology
Co-edited by researchers from Bigelow Laboratory, Hakai Institute, and the USGS Western Fisheries Research Center, a special edition of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal…
-
Antarctic Dispatch 5: #MicroMonday, Antarctic Edition
For the past several weeks, Bigelow Laboratory Senior Research Scientist Ben Twining has participated in the IRON-MAN expedition in and around the southernmost continent. ANTARCTIC DISPATCH 5: #MICROMONDAY, ANTARTIC…
-
Antarctic Dispatch 4: Cruising the Southern Ocean
For the past several weeks, Bigelow Laboratory Senior Research Scientist Ben Twining has participated in the IRON-MAN expedition in and around the southernmost continent. Today,…
