Tag: Phytoplankton
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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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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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Iron Resolve
An international team of scientists, including Bigelow Laboratory Senior Research Scientist Ben Twining, is calling for a new generation of carefully designed ocean iron fertilization…
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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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Carnegie Mellon University: Ocean Winds and Tides Bring New Data
Carnegie Mellon University recently highlighted a collaboration between Bigelow Laboratory and their Chemical Engineering department. The team is is unraveling the complex chemical reactions at…
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Co-Co-Co! ❄️
‘Tis the 🌊SEA-son to get festive with a brand-new Bigelow Laboratory coccolithophore ornament! Now available in the online shop, this ornament features our logo on…
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On Cloud Nine
Tiny, floating particles in the atmosphere called aerosols are a key ingredient for forming clouds. They’re also one of the big unknowns in climate models.…
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#MicroMonday: Happy Planksgiving
Thanksgiving is about coming together with those who are most important to us. For marine scientists, few organisms matter more than plankton. This #MicroMonday, Bigelow…
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Happy International Coccolithophore Day!
Here at Bigelow Laboratory, we’re big fans of coccolithophores, the single-celled marine phytoplankton you see here. They’ve been working without recognition for millions of years,…
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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…