{"id":589,"date":"2025-09-12T17:36:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T17:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/?p=589"},"modified":"2025-09-12T20:57:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T20:57:05","slug":"for-us-its-always-ocean-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/?p=589","title":{"rendered":"For Us, It&#8217;s Always Ocean Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a094adaa2577&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a094adaa2577\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-12-BHML-01-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-590\" style=\"width:1320px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-12-BHML-01-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-12-BHML-01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-12-BHML-01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-12-BHML-01-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-12-BHML-01-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-09-12-BHML-01.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bigelow Laboratory team members take part in Ocean Day on August 12, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This #FlashbackFriday, we\u2019re jumping back exactly one month to relive Ocean Day at the <strong>Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library<\/strong>! \ud83c\udf0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bigelowians Vishaan Nursey, research associate, and Lydia Pinard, research technician, helmed the lab\u2019s table during the event, which featured a postcard station with microalgae, seaweed, and phytoplankton stamps, stickers, and educational resources.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Bigelow Laboratory<\/strong> team also led an interactive plankton racing activity designed to model the daily vertical migration of zooplankton. 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