{"id":983,"date":"2025-11-10T20:27:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/?p=983"},"modified":"2025-11-10T20:27:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:27:52","slug":"muddying-the-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/?p=983","title":{"rendered":"Muddying the Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a095406a76aa&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a095406a76aa\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" 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\/11\/2025-11-10-Sea-Change-Group-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-984\" style=\"width:1320px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-11-10-Sea-Change-Group-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-11-10-Sea-Change-Group-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-11-10-Sea-Change-Group-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-11-10-Sea-Change-Group-1536x1186.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-11-10-Sea-Change-Group-500x386.jpg 500w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-11-10-Sea-Change-Group.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><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This morning, <strong>Bigelow Laboratory\u2019s Sea Change Semester<\/strong> students learned a core science lesson: biogeochemistry fieldwork is rarely tidy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the low-tide mudflats surrounding Edgecomb Eddy, they joined Senior Research Scientist <strong>Melody Lindsay<\/strong> and Postdoctoral Scientist <strong>Sarah Douglas<\/strong> to collect core samples. The students quickly learned that collection was the easy part of the process; wading across the thick, briny, fragrant mud proved quite challenging! (No boots were lost or harmed during this visit.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This afternoon, samples are being analyzed in the institution\u2019s teaching labs to better understand their chemical composition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aZl_L-FQXM0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, Bigelow Laboratory\u2019s Sea Change Semester students learned a core science lesson: biogeochemistry fieldwork is rarely tidy. 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