Category: Ocean Health and Function
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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Antarctic Dispatch 3: Rothera Research Station
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…
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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…