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Some early work on new substances from ocean seaweeds and terrestrial plants, and their potential to inhibit aggregation of amyloid peptides. Congrats to the new graduates VT and…
Coral Documentary Draws “Standing-Room Only” Crowd. Thanks to everyone who made our event possible, including Richard Vevers (CEO of The Ocean Agency and Zara-Louise Cowan (Marine Scientist at…
I recently had the opportunity to attend the 8th International Congress on Polyphenols and Health in Quebec City, Canada. This year more than 300 researchers met here to…
What does the future hold for the Chesapeake Bay? We attempted to address part of this question in our new article. Twenty-first century climate change and submerged aquatic…
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. …
AIRBORNE CO2 MONITORING IS ONLINE! One of our goals is to understand an important aspect of climate change called “coastal acidification” and to demonstrate that this process is…
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,…
Baltimore native Jim Meyer is a stand up comedian and freelance writer who wrote this piece about ocean acidification. While it’s probably not going to get him invited to testify before congress he…
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…