Tag: Gulf of Maine

  • The Changing Gulf of Maine: Challenges and Opportunities

    The Changing Gulf of Maine: Challenges and Opportunities

    On Thursday, August 12 at 4 p.m., join Deborah Bronk, president and CEO of Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, for a presentation at the Wilson…

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  • Planting the seeds for ocean education

    Planting the seeds for ocean education

    This week, Bigelow Laboratory welcomed an incredible cohort of middle and high school science teachers to the lab to provide hands-on training to enhance ocean science…

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  • Sea-ramics

    Sea-ramics

    We’re so thrilled to showcase this gorgeous ceramic sea urchin at Bigelow Laboratory! Inspired by the sea urchins found along the coastline, this sculpture celebrates…

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  • Seeing Red

    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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  • Not thriving, but certainly surviving

    Not thriving, but certainly surviving

    What happens beneath the seafloor where life survives on almost no energy? Thank you to everyone who joined us at Bigelow Laboratory this week for…

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  • #MicroMonday: meet Calanus finmarchicus!

    #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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  • Transect Magazine: Collaborative Science

    Transect Magazine: Collaborative Science

    For decades, Bigelow Laboratory has worked with the Maine Department of Marine Resources to advance research that can inform science-based management for the Gulf of Maine.…

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  • Sedimental Value

    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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  • Surf and Turf

    Surf and Turf

    As large swaths of Maine’s kelp forests transition into a new state, a study by Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences scientists reveals what’s driving the…

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  • Go Forth and BLOOM

    Go Forth and BLOOM

    This afternoon, 16 Maine high school juniors graduated Bigelow Laboratory ’s Keller BLOOM (our 37th cohort of the long-running, successful program!). Prior to collecting their…

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  • It’s (Not) a Trap

    It’s (Not) a Trap

    If you’re clawing for a first-hand account of what it’s like lobstering on the Gulf of Maine, join us at Footbridge Brewery on Thursday, May…

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  • You Heard that Right (Whales)

    You Heard that Right (Whales)

    Senior Research Scientist Nick Record was featured on the latest episode of the Make Science Make Sense podcast. Nick and Curt Brown, a lobsterman and…

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  • Oh, What a Tangled Web

    Oh, What a Tangled Web

    At Bigelow Laboratory, we know that the smallest things can have the biggest impact on the ocean ecosystem. A multi-institutional team, led by the University…

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  • Los Angeles Times: Industrial chemicals have reached the middle of the oceans, new study shows

    Check out this Los Angeles Times story featuring research by recently graduated Bigelow Laboratory and University of Maine PhD student Shane Farrell! Shane got involved…

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  • Field Notes: Gulf of Maine North Atlantic Time Series

    Field Notes: Gulf of Maine North Atlantic Time Series

    By Farley Miller, Research Associate, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences “Five minutes,” Dave calls from the wheelhouse. Those of us in the lab space on…

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  • Take a Peak 🏔️

    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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  • Tiny Life is a Big-elow Deal

    Tiny Life is a Big-elow Deal

    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…

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  • Boothbay Register: Orca Spotted Off Maine Coast

    Boothbay Register: Orca Spotted Off Maine Coast

    Check out this orca sighting in the Gulf of Maine! Bigelow Laboratory Senior Research Scientist Nick Record sheds some light on orca observations in the…

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  • Ocean Science, Ahoy!

    Ocean Science, Ahoy!

    This morning, we spotted a cohort of Jan Plan students from Colby College heading out aboard the R/V Bowditch to sample the Damariscotta River. Huge…

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