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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…
Students from Biology 325 Plant Physiology joined with students and faculty from the the East Asian Studies department and those involved in the College’s new LUCE grant to…
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…
Ideas, issues, knowledge, data — visualized! This clever illustration from the “Information is Beautiful” is from the website of David McCandless, a London-based author, writer and designer. It…
There are about 20 billion tons of carbon sequenstered in living seagrasses. About 10% of this, or 2 billion tons, are contained in (poly)phenolic substances. These substances are likely to influence…
We’re into red leaves. Why? Because often the red substances are anthocyanins. These colorful compounds can shield plants from the harmful effects of too much light, especially dangerous UV…
Plumbing systems operate on a razor’s edge, leaving forests vulnerable. This by Susan Milius in ScienceNews. “Trees in most forests, even wet ones, live perilously close to the limits of…
Ok, I’ll be honest. As plant biochemists we usually cheer for the guys in green (in this case, the seaweeds). But even we can make an exception when fleshy…
Ocean fertilization is a type of geoenginerring involving the addition of limiting nutrients to ocena surfaces with the goal of increasing phytoplankton productivity, which may take up and store…
Our recent PLoS ONE paper, coauthored by Dickinson students Hannah Leahey, Chris Mealey, and Kelly Maers, passed the 1,500 download milestone this month. Not bad for a…
Well it has nothing to do with the oceans or plants but today’s article from Jane Lee (Science magazine) highlighted new research we find fascinating. She writes: “When…