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Photograph © David Liittschwager / National Geographic Stock. Chesapeake Bay, USA / Island of Vulcano, Italy. The world’s oceans absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) and slow the pace of…
One of our goals is to communicate the difference between “ocean acidification”, a relatively steady drop in ocean pH caused by carbon dioxide absorption form the atmosphere, and…
Congratulations to Andrew McGowan ’16 who earned B&MB honors for his work on climate change impacts on antimicrobial metabolites in seagrasses. Andrew’s work showed how natural changes in…
RustyBug has a bad day. the sound of an suddenly unhappy bug. sudden knocking and loss of power. IMG_2797 now without the fan belt. runs a little stronger. …
We recently published an article in the journal PLoS ONE entitled “Impacts of Groundwater Discharge at Myora Springs (North Stradbroke Island, Australia) on the Phenolic Metabolism of Eelgrass,…
Under the Australian Sun! Congratulations to our three graduating lab members on completing their programs of study and submitting their undergraduate research, Impacts of groundwater discharge at Myora…
This summarizes some interesting, ongoing work on seagrasses and coastal carbon that is similar to what our group is doing in the Mid-Atlantic. Eric Swenson, Editor Brad Warren,…
Blog readers will already know about the hydrothermal vents along the Italian coastline, some of which vent pure carbon dioxide into the sea at normal temperatures. In conjunction…
Greetings to those attending the Ocean Acidification Principle Investigators Meeting in Washington D.C. This is our virtual ‘poster’ presentation, posted here instead of in print in an effort…
Our new 2013 review of plant defense responses and resource re-allocation published in Frontiers in Plant Science and online HERE. Read about the uncommon wisdom of early poets and…
We study acidification in estuarine systems. And at this time last year our work on the impacts of ocean acidification, with Whitman Miller from the Smithsonian, was profiled…
Biology Honors Presentations. Wednesday, May 1, 4:30 p.m.Stafford Auditorium. Christopher Mealey presents “Climate Change Effects on Marine Ecosystems” Chris Mealey will present his honors thesis research, including…
Ocean Acidification: The Other Carbon Dioxide Problem. The PMEL’s website summarizes the work of the NOAA-sponsored Carbon Program and provides basic information and links to recent discoveries pertaining…
Fearless Curiosity, Fulbright scholar Phoebe Oldach ’13’s bold path to success by MaryAlice Bitts-Jackson Phoebe Oldach ’13 doesn’t just talk with her hands. She talks with her…
At the recent Mediterranean Seagrass Workshop in Morocco a group led by Professor Maria Buia showed that the seagrass P. oceanica also suffers reduced phenolic contents in high CO2 / low…
The main crater of the volcano on the island of Vulcano, Itlay, showing our fieldsite in the foreground. This underwater vent sites emit carbon dioxide, simulating the conditions of…
Forum for Education Abroad’s annual conference in Chicago where we had the opportunity to share the results of our first Dickinson Global Scholars program. The 2012 program was…
New article on plant carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism published with colleagues from the University of Missouri’s Bond Life Science Center. The article describes our work with poplar seedlings and…
It’s been a busy year and we’re pleased to have contributed to the following studies, each focusing on different aspects of plant chemical ecology. Schultz JC, HM Appel,…
A sneak peek at the new Inge P. Stafford Greenhouse for Teaching and Research which has been under construction this winter. We’re very excited and ready to start teaching in…